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φυλακτικός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: φυλακτικός φυλακτική φυλακτικόν

Structure: φυλακτικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. preservative
  2. vigilant, observant, cherishing the recollection of
  3. cautious

Examples

  • τοῖσ δὲ λεχθεῖσιν ἀμφισβήτησίσ τισ ὑποφαίνεται διὰ τὸ μὴ περὶ παντὸσ ἀγαθοῦ τοὺσ λόγουσ εἰρῆσθαι, λέγεσθαι δὲ καθ’ ἓν εἶδοσ τὰ καθ’ αὑτὰ διωκόμενα καὶ ἀγαπώμενα, τὰ δὲ ποιητικὰ τούτων ἢ φυλακτικά πωσ ἢ τῶν ἐναντίων κωλυτικὰ διὰ ταῦτα λέγεσθαι καὶ τρόπον ἄλλον. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 1 42:4)
  • ὥστε ἕνα μὲν τρόπον δίκαια λέγομεν τὰ ποιητικὰ καὶ φυλακτικὰ εὐδαιμονίασ καὶ τῶν μορίων αὐτῆσ τῇ πολιτικῇ κοινωνίᾳ. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 5 13:1)

Synonyms

  1. preservative

  2. cautious

Related

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

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