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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

  • τὸ δὲ τῶν ἀλεπιδώτων γένοσ, οἱο͂ν θύννων, σκόμβρων, θυννίδων, γόγγρων καὶ τῶν τοιούτων, συμβαίνει τούτοισ καὶ ἀγελαίοισ εἶναι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 54 1:3)
  • ἣν δέ γε θηρεύομεν ἐπιστήμην, ἐν τοῖσ ἡμέροισ ἦν τε καὶ ἔστιν, ἐπὶ τοῖσ ἀγελαίοισ μὴν ζητητέα θρέμμασιν. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 43:4)
  • τὸ γὰρ τῶν κυνῶν οὐκ ἐπάξιον καταριθμεῖν γένοσ ὡσ ἐν ἀγελαίοισ θρέμμασιν. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 55:2)

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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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