Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἅλιος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἅλιος ἅλιη ἅλιον

Structure: ἁλι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: h)li/qios

Sense

  1. fruitless, unprofitable, vain, idle

Examples

  • ἠιόνεσ δ’ ἅλιαι ἰάκχον οἰωνὸσ οἷ‐ ον τεκέων ὕπερ βοᾷ, ᾇ μὲν εὐνάτορασ, ᾇ δὲ παῖδασ, ᾇ δὲ ματέρασ γεραιάσ. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, choral, strophe 23)
  • εὑρ͂ε δ’ ἐνὶ σπῆϊ γλαφυρῷ Θέτιν, ἀμφὶ δ’ ἄρ’ ἄλλαι εἱάθ’ ὁμηγερέεσ ἅλιαι θεαί· (Homer, Iliad, Book 24 7:4)

Synonyms

  1. fruitless

Derived

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

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