Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀσύμβολος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀσύμβολος ἀσύμβολη ἀσύμβολον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + συμβολ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. not paying one's scot or share

Examples

  • ἄγριον οὖν ἡμῶν ὄντα καὶ ἀσύμβολον τὸν βίον τοῦτο τὸ στοιχεῖον συνῆψε καὶ τέλειον ἐποίησε, διορθούμενον ταῖσ παρ’ ἀλλήλων ἐπικουρίαισ καὶ ἀντιδόσεσι, κοινωνίαν δ’ ἐργαζόμενον καὶ φιλίαν. (Plutarch, Aquane an ignis sit utilior, chapter, section 7 2:1)
  • ἀσύμβολον κώθωνα μὴ παραλίμπανε. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 14 3:4)
  • ἥδε γὰρ δαμάζεται ἑφθοῖσ προσώποισ ἰχθύων χειρουμένη, ἄγουσ1’ ὑπ’ αὐτὰ σώματ’ ἀρίστου πύλασ, ἀσύμβολον κλίνειν τ’ ἀναγκάζει φύσιν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 11 2:1)
  • οὐδ’ ἐστὶν αὐτῷ πάτριον ὄντ’ ἀσύμβολον ἰχθὺν ἔχοντα ψῆφον ἀδικεῖν οὐδένα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 44 3:3)
  • τὸ δ’ ἀσύμβολον εὑρ͂ε γελοῖα λέγειν Ῥαδάμανθυσ καὶ Παλαμήδησ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 33)

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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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