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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

  • θαυμάζω δὲ, εἰ οἶνον μὲν καὶ σῖτον καὶ ἔλαιον καὶ μέλι καὶ κρέα καὶ τραγήματα καὶ γάλα καὶ χρήματα καὶ ὕδωρ καὶ ξύλα καὶ λίθουσ οὐδ’ ἂν εἷσ ἡδίω φήσειε τὰ διεφθαρμένα τῶν ἀδιαφθόρων, λόγουσ δὲ τοὺσ ὡσ καθαρώτατα καὶ εἰλικρινέστατα ἔχοντασ ἀηδεστέρουσ εἶναι τῶν διεφθαρμένων. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 9:8)

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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