Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κωλυτής

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: κωλυτής κωλυτοῦ

Structure: κωλυτ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Etym.: kwlu/w

Sense

  1. a hinderer

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • οὐ δέδωκέν σοι τὰ μὲν σὰ ἀκώλυ[σ]τα καὶ ἀπαραπόδιστα, τὰ δὲ μὴ σὰ κωλυτὰ καὶ παραποδιστά; (Epictetus, Works, book 1, 3:4)
  • Ὅταν ἀκούσωσί τινεσ τούτων τῶν λόγων, ὅτι βέβαιον εἶναι δεῖ καὶ ἡ μὲν προαίρεσισ ἐλεύθερον φύσει καὶ ἀνανάγκαστον, τὰ δ’ ἄλλα κωλυτά, ἀναγκαστά, δοῦλα, ἀλλότρια, φαντάζονται ὅτι δεῖ παντὶ τῷ κριθέντι ὑπ’ αὐτῶν ἀπαραβάτωσ ἐμμένειν. (Epictetus, Works, book 2, 1:1)
  • τὰ μὲν κωλυτὰ καὶ ἀφαιρετὰ καὶ ἀναγκαστὰ οὐκ ἴδια, τὰ δ’ ἀκώλυτα ἴδια· (Epictetus, Works, book 3, 3:2)
  • Καὶ ταύτην τὴν παρασκευὴν παρασκευασάμενοσ καὶ τὴν ἄσκησιν ἀσκήσασ τὰ ἀλλότρια ἀπὸ τῶν ἰδίων διακρίνειν, τὰ κωλυτὰ ἀπὸ τῶν ἀκωλύτων, ταῦτα πρὸσ σαυτὸν ἡγεῖσθαι, ἐκεῖνα μὴ πρὸσ σαυτόν, ἐνταῦθα ἐπιστρόφωσ ἔχειν τὴν ὄρεξιν, ἐνταῦθα τὴν ἔκκλισιν, μή τι ἔτι φοβῇ τινα; (Epictetus, Works, book 4, 81:1)
  • καὶ τί ἄλλο ἐξ ἀρχῆσ ἐμελέτασ ἢ διακρίνειν τὰ σὰ καὶ οὐ σά, τὰ ἐπὶ σοὶ καὶ οὐκ ἐπὶ σοί, τὰ κωλυτὰ καὶ ἀκώλυτα; (Epictetus, Works, book 4, 83:4)

Synonyms

  1. a hinderer

Related

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

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION