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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

  • ἢ ταῦτα μὲν οὐκ ἔχει τὴν ἱστορίαν ἀξιόπιστον, ὡσ δ’ ἀδηφάγῳ τινὶ τῷ Ἡρακλεῖ καὶ εὐθοίνῳ δαψιλῶσ καὶ ἀφθόνωσ ἀπέθυον; (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 18 1:1)
  • ἢ ταῦτα μὲν οὐκ εἶχε τὴν ἱστορίαν ἀξιόπιστον ὡσ δ’ ἀδηφάγῳ τινὶ τῷ Ἡρακλεῖ καὶ εὐθοίνῳ δαψιλῶσ καὶ ἀφθόνωσ ἀπέθυον; (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 18 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. gluttonous

  2. costly

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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