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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

  • ἐν γὰρ τούτοισ οἶμαι, κατά γε τὴν ἐμὴν δόξαν, εἰλικρινέσιν τε ἑκατέροισ γιγνομένοισ, ὡσ δοκεῖ, καὶ ἀμείκτοισ λύπησ τε καὶ ἡδονῆσ, ἐμφανὲσ ἔσεσθαι τὸ περὶ τὴν ἡδονήν, πότερον ὅλον ἐστὶ τὸ γένοσ ἀσπαστόν, ἢ τοῦτο μὲν ἑτέρῳ τινὶ τῶν προειρημένων δοτέον ἡμῖν γενῶν, ἡδονῇ δὲ καὶ λύπῃ, καθάπερ θερμῷ καὶ ψυχρῷ καὶ πᾶσι τοῖσ τοιούτοισ, τοτὲ μὲν ἀσπαστέον αὐτά, τοτὲ δὲ οὐκ ἀσπαστέον, ὡσ ἀγαθὰ μὲν οὐκ ὄντα, ἐνίοτε δὲ καὶ ἔνια δεχόμενα τὴν τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἔστιν ὅτε φύσιν. (Plato, Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus, 130:2)

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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