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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

  • ἀρετὴ δ’ ἐστὶ μὲν δύναμισ ὡσ δοκεῖ ποριστικὴ ἀγαθῶν καὶ φυλακτική, καὶ δύναμισ εὐεργετικὴ πολλῶν καὶ μεγάλων, καὶ πάντων περὶ πάντα· (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 1, chapter 9 4:1)

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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