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ἐπίβουλος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπίβουλος ἐπίβουλον

Structure: ἐπιβουλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)pi/, boulh/

Sense

  1. plotting against, treacherous

Examples

  • τὰ δὴ τῶν ἠθῶν μὴ ἁπλᾶ, ἀλλ’ ἐπίβουλα, φυλάττεσθαι μᾶλλον δεῖ ἢ τοὺσ ἔχεισ. (Theophrastus, Characters, 7:2)
  • "τὰ γὰρ ἐπίβουλα καὶ πολέμια τῶν ἀνθρώπων, φρύνουσ καὶ ὄφεισ, ἀναιρεῖ περιιών· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 8, 10:7)
  • τὰ μὲν αὐτῷ τῷ ὕπνῳ μαραίνουσα καὶ δουλουμένη, τὰ δὲ ἐπιπέμπουσα ὀνείρατα πανοῦργα καὶ ἐπίβουλα, ἀναμιμνῄσκοντα αὐτῆσ. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 27:1)

Synonyms

  1. plotting against

Similar forms

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

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