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θετικός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: θετικός θετική θετικόν

Structure: θετικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ti/qhmi

Sense

  1. fit for placing, apposite
  2. concerning adoption
  3. belonging to a thesis, disputable
  4. positive, affirmative, (grammar) positive, (neuter substantive) the positive degree
  5. expressing obligation, of verbals ending in -τέον ‎(-téon)

Examples

  • ᾤκησαν μὲν οὖν διὰ τὴν τοιαύτην αἰτίαν παρὰ τοῖσ Θηβαίοισ, νομοθέτησ δ’ αὐτοῖσ ἐγένετο Φιλόλαοσ περί τ’ ἄλλων τινῶν καὶ περὶ τῆσ παιδοποιίασ, οὓσ καλοῦσιν ἐκεῖνοι νόμουσ θετικούσ· (Aristotle, Politics, Book 2 315:1)

Synonyms

  1. concerning adoption

  2. belonging to a thesis

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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