Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

εὐλαβής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐλαβής εὐλαβές

Structure: εὐλαβη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: labei=n

Sense

  1. taking hold well, holding fast: - , undertaking prudently, discreet, cautions, circumspect
  2. over-cautious
  3. reverent, pious, religious, devout
  4. easy to get hold of

Examples

  • Καὶ εὐλαβεῖσ ποιήσεται τοὺσ υἱοὺσ Ἰσραὴλ ἀπὸ τῶν ἀκαθαρσιῶν αὐτῶν, καὶ οὐκ ἀποθανοῦνται διὰ τὴν ἀκαθαρσίαν αὐτῶν ἐν τῷ μιαίνειν αὐτοὺσ τὴν σκηνήν μου τὴν ἐν αὐτοῖσ. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 15:31)
  • οὕτωσ εὐλαβεῖσ καὶ πεφυλαγμένοι περὶ τὰσ κρίσεισ ἦσαν. (Plutarch, Caius Gracchus, chapter 3 3:4)
  • εἴπερ οὖν ἀνδρῶν λόγοι μνημονευόμενοι καὶ πράξεισ λεγόμεναι τὸ τραχὺ καὶ σφοδρὸν ἀπαρύτουσι τῆσ ὀργῆσ, πολὺ μᾶλλον εἰκὸσ ἡμᾶσ τὸν θεὸν ὁρῶντασ, ᾧ δέοσ οὐδὲν οὐδὲ μετάνοια πράγματοσ οὐδενόσ, ὅμωσ ἐν τῷ μέλλοντι τὴν τιμωρίαν κατατιθέμενον καὶ περιμένοντα τὸν χρόνον, εὐλαβεῖσ περὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα γίγνεσθαι καὶ θεῖον ἡγεῖσθαι μόριον ἀρετῆσ τὴν πραότητα καὶ τὴν μετριοπάθειαν, ἣν ὁ θεὸσ ἐνδείκνυται τῷ μὲν κολάζειν ὀλίγουσ ἐπανορθοῦσαν, τῷ δὲ βραδέωσ πολλοὺσ ὠφελοῦσαν καὶ νουθετοῦσαν. (Plutarch, De sera numinis vindicta, section 511)
  • καὶ τοὺσ μὴ εὐλαβεῖσ μηδὲ φυλακτικοὺσ ἀλλὰ πιστευτικούσ· (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 1, chapter 12 19:1)
  • πολλοὶ μὲν γὰρ παχύφρονεσ οἱ καὶ λιθόδερμοι καὶ ταῖσ ψυχαῖσ ὄντεσ δυνατοὶ γενναίωσ ἐγκαρτεροῦσι ταῖσ ἀνάγκαισ, οἱ δὲ δειλοὶ καὶ εὐλαβεῖσ πρὸ τοῦ τὰσ ἀνάγκασ ἰδεῖν αὐτῶν καταθαρροῦσιν, ὥστε οὐδὲν ἔστι πιστὸν ἐν βασάνοισ. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 1, chapter 15 26:6)

Synonyms

  1. over-cautious

  2. reverent

  3. easy to get hold of

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

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