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ἁδρός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἁδρός ἁδρά ἁδρόν

Structure: ἁδρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. full grown, grown up
  2. stout

Examples

  • μέγα τὸ πρᾶγμα, πολὺ τὸ νεῖκοσ, ἁδρὸσ ὁ πόλεμοσ ἔρχεται. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Choral, strophe 11)
  • ἁδρὸσ γάρ ἐστιν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 21 4:1)
  • ἰχθὺσ ἁδρὸσ πάρεστι· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 27 1:4)
  • τούτων ἑκάστῳ καὶ παιᾶνεσ ᾔδοντο, ὥστε καὶ αὐτὸν τὸν Δημήτριον θαυμάζειν ἐπὶ τοῖσ γινομένοισ καὶ λέγειν ὅτι ἐπ’ αὐτοῦ οὐδεὶσ Ἀθηναίων γέγονε μέγασ καὶ ἁδρὸσ τὴν ψυχήν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 62 1:3)
  • "πρώτιστα δὲ τῶν μυρρινῶν ἐπὶ τὴν τράπεζαν βούλομαι, ἃσ διαμασῶμ’ ὅταν τι βουλεύειν δέῃ, τὰσ φιβάλεωσ δὲ πάνυ καλὰσ στεφανωτρίδασ χελιδονείων δὲ σύκων μνημονεύει Ἐπιγένησ ἐν Βακχίῳ, εἶτ’ ἔρχεται χελιδονείων μετ’ ὀλίγον σκληρῶν ἁδρὸσ πινακίσκοσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 627)

Synonyms

  1. full grown

  2. stout

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