ἀβλαβής

ablabes

without harm

Appears 6 times across Aristotle's works.

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Politics 2
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Book VIII 2
Chapter 5 1339a11–1340b19

1339b25

Chapter 7 1341b15–1342b34

1342a16
De Mundo 1
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Chapter 6 397b7–401a11

400b5
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter 14 1154a8–1154b34

1154b4
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 155 846a6–21

846a15
Parts of Animals 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 13 657a25–658a10

657a32

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀβλαβής, ές, A. without harm, i.e., I. Pass., unharmed, unhurt, Sapph. Supp. 1.1, Pi. O. 13.27, P. 8.54, A. Th. 68, X. Cyr. 4.1.3, Pl. R. 342b, etc.; ζῶσαν ἀβλαβεῖ βίῳ S. El. 650. Adv. ἀβλαβῶς, Ion. -έως, safely, ζώειν Thgn. 1154; ἔχειν Dexipp.p.148D., cf. Arr. An. 6.19.2: Sup. -έστατα X. Eq. 6.1:—securely, ἐδήσατο σάνδαλα h.Merc. 83. II. Act., not harming, harmless, innocent, ξυνουσία A. Eu. 285; ἡδοναί Pl. R. 357b, etc.; ἀ. σπασμοί doing no serious injury, Hp. Epid. 1.6; τὸ πρὸς ἀνθρώπους ἀ. Phld. Piet. 65: c. gen., ἀ. τῶν πλησίον Porph Sent. 32: c. dat., Eus.Mynd. 1. Adv. -ῶς, c. dat., without harm to, τῇ γαστρί Metrod. 41. 2. averting or preventing harm, ὕδωρ Theoc. 24.98:—in Pl. Lg. 953b we have the act. and pass. senses conjoined, ἀ. τοῦ δρᾶσαί τε καὶ παθεῖν. 3. in treaties, without violating the terms, ἀβλαβῶς σπονδαῖς ἐμμένειν, coupled with δικαίως and ἀδόλως, Th. 5.18 and 47 : so in Adj., ξύμμαχοι πιστοὶ . . καὶ ἀ. IG 1.33.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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