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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

  • Οὐδὲν ὅμοιον, ὦ Λυκῖνε, οὐδ̓ ἔστι τὸ πρᾶγμα τοιοῦτον, οἱο͂ν σὺ εἰκάζεισ, ὡσ ὀλίγῳ χρόνῳ κατεργασθῆναι καὶ ἁλῶναι, οὐδ̓ ἂν μυρίοι Ἀλέξανδροι προσβάλλωσιν· (Lucian, 11:1)
  • ἀλλὰ Φίλιπποι καὶ Ἀλέξανδροι καὶ Ἀντίπατροι καὶ πᾶσ ὁ τῶν κάτω δυναστῶν οὗτοσ κατάλογοσ, μυρία δὴ τῶν ἐν τοῖσ Ἕλλησι κινήσαντεσ, μόνην τὴν Ἐλευσῖνα ὡσ ἀληθῶσ ἄβατόν τι καὶ κρεῖττον ἑαυτῶν ἡγήσαντο. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 3:11)

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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