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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

  • ἀρχικὸν γὰρ τὸ φρονεῖν, ἔστιν δ’ ἡ σοφία πολλῶν καὶ θαυμαστῶν ἐπιστήμη. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 1, chapter 11 27:3)
  • καὶ γὰρ ᾗ ἔφησθα εὔνουν σοι ποιεῖν αὐτὸν μαθεῖν δοκῶ, καὶ ᾗ ἐπιμελῆ καὶ ἀρχικὸν καὶ δίκαιον. (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 15 6:2)
  • νὴ Δί’, ἔφη ὁ Ἰσχόμαχοσ, ἀλλὰ τόδε τοι, ὦ Σώκρατεσ, τὸ πάσαισ κοινὸν ταῖσ πράξεσι καὶ γεωργικῇ καὶ πολιτικῇ καὶ οἰκονομικῇ καὶ πολεμικῇ τὸ ἀρχικὸν εἶναι, τοῦτο δὴ συνομολογῶ σοὶ ἐγὼ πολὺ διαφέρειν γνώμῃ τοὺσ ἑτέρουσ τῶν ἑτέρων· (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 21 3:1)
  • φύσει τε ἀρχικὸν πατὴρ υἱῶν καὶ πρόγονοι ἐκγόνων καὶ βασιλεὺσ βασιλευομένων. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 8 113:4)
  • ἀρχικὸν γὰρ καὶ ἀήττητον ὁ θυμόσ. (Aristotle, Politics, Book 7 114:3)

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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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