Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ῥιψοκίνδυνος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ῥιψοκίνδυνος ῥιψοκίνδυνον

Structure: ῥιψοκινδυν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. running needless risks, fool-hardy, reckless

Examples

  • ἀλλ’ εἰ μέντοι, ἔφη ὁ Ξενοφῶν, τοιοῦτόν ἐστι τὸ ῥιψοκίνδυνον ἔργον, κἂν ἐγὼ δοκῶ μοι τὸν κίνδυνον τοῦτον ὑπομεῖναι. (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 3 13:3)
  • ὁ δ’ οὐκ ἐπείθετο, Καλουίσιον περιμένων καὶ λέγων οὐκ εὔβουλον εἶναι τὸ ῥιψοκίνδυνον, ἔνθα συμμαχίαν ἄλλην προσδοκῴη. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 5, chapter 9 8:5)

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

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