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ἀρχικός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀρχικός

Structure: ἀρχικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)rxh/

Sense

  1. of or for rule, royal
  2. fit for rule, skilled in government, command, having command of

Examples

  • ὅταν οὖν ἐπιστήμαισ ἢ δόξαισ ἢ λόγῳ ἐναντιῶται, τοῖσ φύσει ἀρχικοῖσ, ἡ ψυχή, τοῦτο ἄνοιαν προσαγορεύω, πόλεώσ τε, ὅταν ἄρχουσιν καὶ νόμοισ μὴ πείθηται τὸ πλῆθοσ, ταὐτόν, καὶ δὴ καὶ ἑνὸσ ἀνδρόσ, ὁπόταν καλοὶ ἐν ψυχῇ λόγοι ἐνόντεσ μηδὲν ποιῶσιν πλέον ἀλλὰ δὴ τούτοισ πᾶν τοὐναντίον, ταύτασ πάσασ ἀμαθίασ τὰσ πλημμελεστάτασ ἔγωγ’ ἂν θείην πόλεώσ τε καὶ ἑνὸσ ἑκάστου τῶν πολιτῶν, ἀλλ’ οὐ τὰσ τῶν δημιουργῶν, εἰ ἄρα μου καταμανθάνετε, ὦ ξένοι, ὃ λέγω. (Plato, Laws, book 3 79:2)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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