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ἀλέξανδρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀλέξανδρος

Structure: ἀλεξανδρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)le/cw, a)nh/r

Sense

  1. defending men

Examples

  • "ἰὴ Ἀλέξανδρε. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 39:5)
  • "σὺ μέντοι γε, ὦ Ἀλέξανδρε, τὸν δεῖνα Παφλαγόνα προσαγαγεῖν οἰκέτασ αὐτοῦ τῷ ἡγουμένῳ τῆσ Γαλατίασ τὴν ἐπὶ θανάτῳ ἀνέπεισασ ὡσ ἀπεκτονότασ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ παιδευόμενον, ὁ δὲ νεανίσκοσ ζῇ καὶ ἐπανελήλυθε ζῶν μετὰ τὴν τῶν οἰκετῶν ἀπώλειαν, θηρίοισ ὑπὸ σοῦ παραδοθέντων. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 44:3)
  • σὺ δέ, ὦ Ἀλέξανδρε, τί πρὸσ ταῦτα φήσ; (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 9:4)
  • Τί τοῦτο, ὦ Ἀλέξανδρε; (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 1:1)
  • Ἀλλὰ τὸ ψεῦδοσ αὐτῶν οὐκ ἄχρηστόν σοι, ὦ Ἀλέξανδρε, πρὸσ τὰ πράγματα ἐγένετο· (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 2:8)

Synonyms

  1. defending men

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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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