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ἀλαμπής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀλαμπής ἀλαμπές

Structure: ἀλαμπη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: = a)la/mpetos

Sense

  1. out of the sun's light
  2. obscure

Examples

  • διὸ καὶ μηδέποθ’ ἡμέραν μὲν ἐν ἐκείνοισ τοῖσ τόποισ γίνεσθαι πρὶν ὁραθῆναι τὸν ἥλιον, ἐκ μέσου δὲ τοῦ πελάγουσ φασὶν ἀναφαινόμενον αὐτὸν ὁρᾶσθαι μὲν ἄνθρακι παραπλήσιον τῷ πυρωδεστάτῳ, σπινθῆρασ δ’ ἀφ’ ἑαυτοῦ μεγάλουσ ἀπορρίπτειν, καὶ τῷ τύπῳ μὴ κωνοειδῆ φαίνεσθαι, καθάπερ ἡμεῖσ δοξάζομεν, ἀλλὰ κίονι τὸν τύπον ἔχειν ἐμφερῆ, μικρὸν ἐμβριθεστέραν ἔχοντι τὴν ἀπὸ τῆσ κεφαλῆσ ἐπιφάνειαν, πρὸσ δὲ τούτοισ μήτ’ αὐγὴν ποιεῖν μήτ’ ἀκτῖνασ βάλλειν ἄχρι πρώτησ ὡρ́ασ, φαινομένου πυρὸσ ἀλαμποῦσ ἐν σκότει· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 48 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. out of the sun's light

  2. obscure

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

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