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αὐτάρκης

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: αὐτάρκης αὐτάρκες

Structure: αὐταρκη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: a)rke/w

Sense

  1. sufficient in oneself, having enough, independent, acting of itself, that supplies itself, independent of imports, strong enough, able of oneself to do, a sufficient, vigorous

Examples

  • εἰ κατ’ ἔνδειαν ζητεῖται φίλοσ καὶ ἔσται ἀγαθὸσ αὐταρκέστατοσ, εἰ ὁ μετ’ ἀρετῆσ εὐδαίμων, τί ἂν δέοι φίλου; (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 7 226:3)
  • βέλτιον δ’ ἴσωσ συνεργοὺσ ἔχων, ἀλλ’ ὅμωσ αὐταρκέστατοσ. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 10 91:1)
  • καὶ δὴ καὶ αὐταρκέστατοσ ἦν. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, D, Kef. b'. CENOKRATHS 2:8)
  • οὕτω γὰρ ἂν αὐταρκέστατόσ <τισ> εἰή, εἰ ὑπάρχοι αὐτῷ τά τ’ ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ τὰ ἐκτὸσ ἀγαθά· (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 1, chapter 5 4:3)

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

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