Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

εἰλικρινής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: εἰλικρινής εἰλικρινές

Structure: εἰλικρινη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: The origin of ei)li- is uncertain.

Sense

  1. unmixed, without alloy, pure, pure, sheer
  2. without mixture, of itself, simply, absolutely

Examples

  • δέον ἀπαλλαγέντασ εἰλικρινεῖσ καὶ ἐλευθέρουσ γίγνεσθαι. (Plutarch, De vitando aere alieno, chapter, section 7 18:1)

Synonyms

  1. unmixed

  2. without mixture

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

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