Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄμετρος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄμετρος

Structure: ἀμετρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: me/tron

Sense

  1. without measure, immense, excessive, boundless
  2. immoderate

Examples

  • τήν τε δωροδοκίαν μεταλαβόντεσ καὶ γευσάμενοι καὶ οἵδε κερδῶν ἀθρόων αἰσχρότερον ἔτι καὶ ἀμετρότερον αὐτοῖσ ἐχρῶντο. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 1, chapter 3 5:13)

Synonyms

  1. without measure

  2. immoderate

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

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