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ἀβίαστος

abiastos

unforced, without force

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Where it lives

  • Meditations 3 · 1.03/10k
  • Timaeus 1 · 0.42/10k

What it meant — LSJ

unforced, without force, violence, shall maintain order

unforced, without force or violence, Pl. Ti. 61a; τὸ ἀ. φυλάξει shall maintain order, PThead. 19.21.

2 unstrained, unaffected

unstrained, unaffected, χάρις D.H. Dem. 38.

3 not liable to compulsion

not liable to compulsion, ἀ. τὸ ἀπαθεί Porph. ap. Eus. PE 5.10.

4 irresistible

irresistible, Sch. Opp. H. 2.8.

5

Adv. -τως Arist. MA 703a22, Aët. 9.28, Simp. in Epict. p.117D.

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Where it came from

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