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ἀγελαῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀγελαῖος

Structure: ἀγελαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)ge/lh

Sense

  1. belonging to a herd, feeding at large
  2. in herds or shoals, gregarious, gregarious animals
  3. of the herd or multitude, common

Examples

  • ἄρτι μὲν τὴν ἀγελαίαν πτῆσιν αὐτῆσ ἐπὶ τὸ γάλα διέρχεται,^ ἄρτι δὲ τὴν Ἀθηνᾶν, ὁπότε τοῦ Μενέλεω τὸ βέλοσ ἀποκρούεται, ὡσ μὴ ἐπὶ τὰ καιριώτατα ἐμπέσοι, εἰκάζων μητρὶ κηδομένῃ κοιμωμένου αὐτῇ τοῦ βρέφουσ, τὴν μυῖαν αὖθισ ἐπεισάγει τῷ παραδείγματι. (Lucian, Muscae Encomium, (no name) 5:8)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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