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διαρκής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: διαρκής διαρκές

Structure: διαρκη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: from diarke/w

Sense

  1. quite sufficient
  2. lasting, in complete competence

Examples

  • οὕτω γὰρ ἥκιστ’ ἂν μέν σε οἶμαι ἐν αἰτίᾳ εἶναι, μάλιστα δὲ τῇ ἀπορίᾳ βοήθειαν εὑρεῖν, ῥᾷστα δὲ καὶ ἀκινδυνότατα ζῆν καὶ εἰσ τὸ γῆρασ διαρκέστατα. (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 8 7:2)
  • πρὸσ Διὸσ, ἵπποι δὲ ἄριστοι καὶ θαυμασιώτατοι καὶ μάλιστα καθ’ ἡδονὴν τοῖσ θεωροῦσιν ἆρ’ οὐχ οἵτινεσ ὡσ ἐρρωμενέστατα καὶ διαρκέστατα καὶ μηδὲν ἔξω τοῦ δρόμου βάντεσ ἀπήνυσαν, πανταχοῦ τὴν οἰκείαν ἀρετὴν σώζοντεσ; (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 7:6)

Synonyms

  1. quite sufficient

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

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