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ἄλκιμος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄλκιμος ἄλκιμη ἄλκιμον

Structure: ἀλκιμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. strong, stout

Examples

  • ἄμητα προσαπέπεμψεν ἡμῖν τουτονί, ἐφ’ ᾧ τ’ ἐκεῖσε μηδέποτέ μ’ ἐλθεῖν ἔτι, καὶ πρὸσ ἐπὶ τούτοισ εἶπεν ἀποπέμπων ὅτι πάλαι ποτ’ ἦσαν ἄλκιμοι Μιλήσιοι. (Aristophanes, Plutus, Episode32)
  • εἶναί σ’ ὑβριστήν φησι καὶ λέγειν ὅτι πάλαι ποτ’ ἦσαν ἄλκιμοι Μιλήσιοι. (Aristophanes, Plutus, Episode 2:25)
  • ἐν δὲ τῇ πρὸσ τοὺσ Γαλάτασ μάχῃ εἰπέ, ὦ Χηνίδα, ὅπωσ μὲν προεξήλασα τῶν ἄλλων ἱππέων ἐπὶ τοῦ ἵππου τοῦ λευκοῦ, ὅπωσ δὲ οἱ Γαλάται καίτοι ἄλκιμοι ὄντεσ ἔτρεσαν εὐθὺσ ὡσ εἶδόν με καὶ οὐδεὶσ ἔτι ὑπέστη. (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 1:1)
  • ὦ πάλαι ποτ’ ὄντεσ ἡμεῖσ ἄλκιμοι μὲν ἐν χοροῖσ, ἄλκιμοι δ’ ἐν μάχαισ, καὶ κατ’ αὐτὸ δὴ τοῦτο μόνον ἄνδρεσ ἀλκιμώτατοι· (Aristophanes, Wasps, Parabasis, strophe1)

Synonyms

  1. strong

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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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