Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φευκτός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φευκτός φευκτή φευκτόν

Structure: φευκτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: feu/gw의 분사형

Sense

  1. to be shunned or avoided
  2. that can be avoided

Examples

  • μοχθηρία μὲν οὖν οὐδεμία περὶ ταῦτ’ ἐστὶ διὰ τὸ εἰρημένον, ὅτι φύσει τῶν αἱρετῶν ἕκαστόν ἐστι δι’ αὑτό, φαῦλαι δὲ καὶ φευκταὶ αὐτῶν εἰσὶν αἱ ὑπερβολαί. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 7 60:2)

Synonyms

  1. to be shunned or avoided

  2. that can be avoided

Related

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

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