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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

  • τῆσ γνωστικῆσ ὅσον ἐπιτακτικὸν ἡμῖν μέροσ ἦν που τοῦ ζῳοτροφικοῦ γένουσ, ἀγελαίων μὴν ζῴων. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 41:7)
  • τοῦδ’ ἕνεκά τοι πάντα ἠρώτησα ταῦτα, διότι τῆσ τῶν ἀγελαίων τροφῆσ ἔστι μὲν ἔνυδρον, ἔστι δὲ καὶ ξηροβατικόν. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 46:1)
  • οἱο͂ν οἱ ἔμποροι καὶ γεωργοὶ καὶ σιτουργοὶ πάντεσ, καὶ πρὸσ τούτοισ γυμνασταὶ καὶ τὸ τῶν ἰατρῶν γένοσ, οἶσθ’ ὅτι τοῖσ περὶ τὰ ἀνθρώπινα νομεῦσιν, οὓσ πολιτικοὺσ ἐκαλέσαμεν, παντάπασι τῷ λόγῳ διαμάχοιντ’ ἂν οὗτοι σύμπαντεσ, ὡσ σφεῖσ τῆσ τροφῆσ ἐπιμελοῦνται τῆσ ἀνθρωπίνησ, οὐ μόνον ἀγελαίων ἀνθρώπων ἀλλὰ καὶ τῆσ τῶν ἀρχόντων αὐτῶν; (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 65:5)

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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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