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ἐπικίνδυνος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπικίνδυνος ἐπικίνδυνον

Structure: ἐπικινδυν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. in danger, dangerous, insecure, precarious, in danger, in a precarious or critical state, at one's risk

Examples

  • ὅπερ, ἀντιτάξασ ἐμαυτὸν ἐγὼ τῇ τε βουλῇ καὶ τοῖσ σφαγεῦσιν ἐγκρατῶσ, ἔπραττον σὺν θράσει παραβόλῳ καὶ ἐπικινδύνῳ, τότε μόνον ἡγούμενοσ ἡμᾶσ τοὺσ Καίσαροσ ἀσφαλῶσ περιέσεσθαι, ὅταν μὴ Καῖσαρ εἶναι δόξῃ τύραννοσ. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 3, chapter 5 4:7)
  • τούτουσ μὲν οὖν φασιν ὑπὸ τῆσ Μηδείασ ἐν ὀλίγαισ ἡμέραισ ῥίζαισ καὶ βοτάναισ τισὶ θεραπευθῆναι, τοὺσ δ’ Ἀργοναύτασ ἐπισιτισαμένουσ ἐκπλεῦσαι, καὶ μέσον ἤδη τὸ Ποντικὸν πέλαγοσ ἔχοντασ περιπεσεῖν χειμῶνι παντελῶσ ἐπικινδύνῳ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 4, chapter 48 5:3)

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

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