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ἄτακτος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄτακτος ἄτακτη ἄτακτον

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

Sense

  1. not in battle-order
  2. undisciplined, disorderly, irregular, lawless
  3. in an irregular, disorderly manner

Examples

  • "ἐπεὶ καὶ τῶν θηρίων πολλὰ μὲν δυσκίνητα καὶ νωθρὰ, ταῖσ ψυχαῖσ ὄντα πολλὰ δ’ ἀκόλαστα καὶ ἄτακτα τῶν συνετῶν καὶ πανούργων χρόνουσ ζῇ μακροτέρουσ. (Plutarch, De defectu oraculorum, section 20 1:7)
  • ἐν δὲ τοῖσ περὶ τοῦ πολέμου καὶ τῇ τούτου παρασκευῇ ἄτακτα, ἀδιόρθωτα, ἀόρισθ’ ἅπαντα. (Demosthenes, Speeches, 45:2)
  • φύσιν εἶχεν ἄτακτα κεκραμέναν, ἀτέλεστα τέλεια μεμιγμέναν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 14, chapter 63 2:1)
  • τοῦ τοιούτου δ’ ἄτακτα καὶ ἄπειρα τὰ αἴτια. (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 11 127:1)
  • Ἄτακτα ιβ’. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, E, Kef. a'. ARISTOTELHS 25:16)

Synonyms

  1. not in battle-order

  2. undisciplined

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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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