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ἀγύρτης

First declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀγύρτης

Structure: ἀγυρτ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Etym.: a)gei/rw

Sense

  1. a collector, a begging priest
  2. a beggar, mountebank, vagabond, juggler

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • πρότερον δὲ εἰπεῖν ἄξιον, ὡσ ἐγώ ποτε ἤκουσα ἀνδρὸσ ἀγύρτου παῖσ ὤν, ὁποίαν τινὰ ἔφασκεν εἶναι τὴν ἅλυσιν, οὔτι που ταῖσδε ὁμοίαν, ἐκ σιδήρου τε καὶ χαλκοῦ πεποιημένην, πολὺ μέντοι κραταιοτέραν, τὸ δὲ σχῆμα καὶ τὴν πλοκὴν παραπλησίαν. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 32:2)
  • ἐπῄειν δ’ οὖν ὡσ ἐδυνάμην πλείστην γῆν ἐν ἀγύρτου σχήματι καὶ στολῇ, τοῦτο μὲν παρ’ Ἕλληνασ, τοῦτο δὲ παρὰ βαρβάρουσ, αἰτίζων ἀκόλουσ, οὐκ ἀόρασ οὐδὲ λέβητασ. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 60:1)

Synonyms

  1. a collector

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

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