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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

  • εἴθε μοι ὀμμάτων αἱματόεν βλέφαρον ἀκέσαι’ ἀκέσαιο τυφλόν, Ἅλιε, φέγγοσ ἐπαλλάξασ. (Euripides, Hecuba, episode, lyric5)
  • ἤδη σβεννυμέναν με νέα κατεφώτισεν ἀκτίσ, Ἅλιε, καὶ παρὰ σὸν φέγγοσ ἔλαμψε Νέρων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 1782)

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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