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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

  • μάταιον λόγον καὶ ψευδῆ μακράν μου ποίησον, πλοῦτον δὲ καὶ πενίαν μή μοι δῷσ, σύνταξόν δέ μοι τὰ δέοντα καὶ τὰ αὐτάρκη, (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 24:34)
  • ΜΗ ἔπεχε ἐπὶ τοῖσ χρήμασί σου καὶ μὴ εἴπῃσ. αὐτάρκη μοί ἐστι. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 5:1)
  • μὴ εἴπῃσ. αὐτάρκη μοί ἐστι, καὶ τί ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν κακωθήσομαι̣ (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 11:22)
  • σὺ δὲ διὰ τὴν ἡμῶν μιαιφονίαν αὐτάρκη καρτερήσεισ ὑπὸ τῆσ θείασ δίκησ αἰώνιον βάσανον διὰ πυρόσ. ‐ (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 9:9)
  • ὅτι Ὅμηροσ ὁρῶν τὴν σωφροσύνην οἰκειοτάτην ἀρετὴν οὖσαν τοῖσ νέοισ καὶ πρώτην, ἔτι δὲ ἁρμόττουσαν καὶ πάντων τῶν καλῶν χορηγὸν οὖσαν, βουλόμενοσ ἐμφῦσαι πάλιν αὐτὴν ἀπ’ ἀρχῆσ καὶ ἐφεξῆσ ἵνα τὴν σχολὴν καὶ τὸν ζῆλον ἐν τοῖσ καλοῖσ ἔργοισ ἀναλίσκωσι καὶ ὦσιν εὐεργετικοὶ καὶ κοινωνικοὶ πρὸσ ἀλλήλουσ, εὐτελῆ κατεσκεύασε πᾶσι τὸν βίον καὶ αὐτάρκη, λογιζόμενοσ τὰσ ἐπιθυμίασ καὶ τὰσ ἡδονὰσ ἰσχυροτάτασ γίνεσθαι καὶ πρώτασ ἔτι τε καὶ ἐμφύτουσ τὰσ περὶ ἐδωδὴν καὶ πόσιν, τοὺσ δὲ διαμεμενηκότασ ἐν εὐτελείᾳ εὐτάκτουσ καὶ περὶ τὸν ἄλλον βίον γίνεσθαι ἐγκρατεῖσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 151)

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

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