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ἀγχίστροφος

Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀγχίστροφος

Etym.: stre/fw

Sense

  1. turning closely, quick-wheeling
  2. quick-changing, sudden, suddenly

Examples

  • ἤδη δὲ πλησιάζοντεσ ταῖσ πύλαισ ἀπηλαύνοντο τῆσ νεότητοσ ἐπεξελθούσησ αὐτοῖσ ἀκραιφνοῦσ, ᾗ τὰ τείχη φυλάττειν ὁ βασιλεὺσ ἐπέτρεψε, καὶ τοῦ Ῥωμύλου, ῥᾷον γὰρ ἤδη εἶχεν ἐκ τοῦ τραύματοσ, ἐκβοηθήσαντοσ ὡσ εἶχε τάχουσ, ἐγίνετό τε ἀγχίστροφοσ ἡ τοῦ ἀγῶνοσ τύχη καὶ πολλὴν ἔχουσα τὴν ἐπὶ θάτερα μεταβολήν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 2, chapter 43 4:1)
  • τῇ τύχῃ δ’ οὐκ ἐῶν τι πιστεύειν πολλάκισ αὐτῆσ πεῖραν εἰληφότασ ἐπ’ οἰκείοισ κακοῖσ τε καὶ ἀγαθοῖσ, ὡσ ἀβέβαιόσ ἐστι καὶ ἀγχίστροφοσ· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books IV-VI, book 6, chapter 19 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. quick-changing

Related

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

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