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ἀδηφάγος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀδηφάγος ἀδηφάγος ἀδηφάγον

Structure: ἀδηφαγ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)/dhn, fagei=n

Sense

  1. gluttonous, greedy
  2. costly, expensive

Examples

  • "τῷ φιλοσόφῳ παρέθηκα κωλῆν ἢ πόδασ ἀδηφάγον τὸ ζῷον εἰσ ὑπερβολὴν ἐστιν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 68 1:21)
  • καὶ Ἀλκμὰν δ’ ὁ ποιητὴσ ἑαυτὸν ἀδηφάγον εἶναι παραδίδωσιν ἐν τῷ τρίτῳ διὰ τούτων καὶ ποκά τοι δώσω τρίποδοσ κύτοσ, ᾧ κ’ ἔνι σιτί’ ἀολλέ’ ἀγείρῃσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 101)
  • κἀν τῷ ε’ δ’ ἐμφανίζει αὑτοῦ τὸ ἀδηφάγον λέγων οὕτωσ ὠρασ δ’ ἔσηκε τρεῖσ, θέροσ καὶ χεῖμα κὠπώραν τρίταν καὶ τέτρατον τὸ ἦρ, ὅκα σάλλει μέν, ἐσθίεν δ’ ἄδαν οὐκ ἔστι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 10 1:1)
  • ἐκεῖνο δ’ οὐδείσ, ἡνίκ’ ἂν μνησθῶ, θέλει, σῶσαί μ’ ἐσ οἴκουσ, ἀλλ’ ἀπόλλυμαι τάλασ ἔτοσ τόδ’ ἤδη δέκατον ἐν λιμῷ τε καὶ κακοῖσι βόσκων τὴν ἀδηφάγον νόσον. (Sophocles, Philoctetes, episode 2:14)
  • πῶσ γὰρ δὴ Διὸσ υἱὸσ ἀδηφάγον ἄνδρα καθεῖλεν; (Theocritus, Idylls, 75)

Synonyms

  1. gluttonous

  2. costly

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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