Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • λέγεται δὲ τὸ Οὐδὲν μᾶλλον καὶ θετικῶσ, ὡσ ὁμοίων τινῶν ὄντων· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Q, Kef. ia'. PURRWN 15:1)
  • ὑπὸ δὲ τῶν σκεπτικῶν οὐ θετικῶσ ἀλλ’ ἀναιρετικῶσ λέγεται, ὡσ ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀνασκευάζοντοσ καὶ λέγοντοσ, Οὐ μᾶλλον ἡ Σκύλλα γέγονεν ἢ ἡ Χίμαιρα. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Q, Kef. ia'. PURRWN 15:3)
  • ποτὲ δὲ θετικῶσ καὶ ἀναιρετικῶσ, ὡσ ὅταν φῶμεν, Μᾶλλον ἡ ἀρετὴ ὠφελεῖ ἢ βλάπτει· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Q, Kef. ia'. PURRWN 15:5)

Synonyms

  1. concerning adoption

  2. belonging to a thesis

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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