Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἁλώσιμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἁλώσιμος ἁλώσιμη ἁλώσιμον

Structure: ἁλωσιμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. easy to take, win, conquer
  2. easy to apprehend
  3. of or for capture, on taking a city, of the capture

Examples

  • ἐν τούτῳ δ’ ἀνάγκησ γεγονὼσ ὁ ἄνθρωποσ καὶ μαθὼν ἄρα τὸ πεπρωμένον ὡσ ἄφυκτον εἰή, λόγια προὔφαινεν ἀπόρρητα περὶ τῆσ ἑαυτοῦ πατρίδοσ, ὡσ οὐκ οὔσησ ἁλωσίμου πρότερον ἢ τὴν Ἀλβανίδα λίμνην ἐκχυθεῖσαν καὶ φερομένην ὁδοὺσ ἑτέρασ ὤσαντεσ ὀπίσω καὶ περισπάσαντεσ οἱ πολέμιοι κωλύσουσι μίγνυσθαι τῇ θαλάττῃ. (Plutarch, Camillus, chapter 4 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. easy to take

  2. easy to apprehend

Related

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

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