Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

προαιρετός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: προαιρετός προαιρετή προαιρετόν

Structure: προαιρετ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from proaire/omai

Sense

  1. deliberately chosen, purposed

Examples

  • ὄντοσ δὴ βουλητοῦ μὲν τοῦ τέλουσ, βουλευτῶν δὲ καὶ προαιρετῶν τῶν πρὸσ τὸ τέλοσ, αἱ περὶ ταῦτα πράξεισ κατὰ προαίρεσιν ἂν εἰε͂ν καὶ ἑκούσιοι. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 3 61:2)

Synonyms

  1. deliberately chosen

Related

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

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