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ἐμμενετικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐμμενετικός ἐμμενετική ἐμμενετικόν

Structure: ἐμμενετικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. disposed to abide

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • δοκεῖ δὴ ἥ τε ἐγκράτεια καὶ καρτερία τῶν σπουδαίων καὶ τῶν ἐπαινετῶν εἶναι, ἡ δ’ ἀκρασία τε καὶ μαλακία τῶν φαύλων καὶ ψεκτῶν, καὶ ὁ αὐτὸσ ἐγκρατὴσ καὶ ἐμμενετικὸσ τῷ λογισμῷ, καὶ ἀκρατὴσ καὶ ἐκστατικὸσ τοῦ λογισμοῦ. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 7 8:2)
  • ἔτι εἰ πάσῃ δόξῃ ἐμμενετικὸν ποιεῖ ἡ ἐγκράτεια, φαύλη, οἱο͂ν εἰ καὶ τῇ ψευδεῖ· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 7 19:2)
  • ἄλλοσ δ’ ἐναντίοσ, ὁ ἐμμενετικὸσ καὶ οὐκ ἐκστατικὸσ διά γε τὸ πάθοσ. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 7 109:2)
  • εἰσὶ δέ τινεσ οἳ ἐμμενετικοὶ τῇ δόξῃ εἰσίν, οὓσ καλοῦσιν ἰσχυρογνώμονασ, οἱ δύσπειστοι καὶ οὐκ εὐμετάπειστοι· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 7 113:3)
  • ὃ μὲν γὰρ αὐτῶν οὐκ ἐμμενετικὸσ οἷσ ἂν βουλεύσηται, ὃ δὲ μελαγχολικὸσ οὐδὲ βουλευτικὸσ ὅλωσ. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 7 125:6)

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