Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀμοιβαῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀμοιβαῖος

Structure: ἀμοιβαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)moibh/

Sense

  1. giving like for like, retributive, in requital
  2. interchanged, alternate, alternating, one in answer to

Examples

  • "ἦν τισ ἀγὼν συμφωνίασ ἀμοιβαῖοσ αὐλοῦ καὶ ῥυθμοῦ, χωρὶσ λόγου τοῦ προσμελῳδοῦντοσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 9 1:4)
  • ἀλλ’ ὅτε δὴ μέγα νεῖκοσ ἐνὶ μελέεσσιν ἐθρέφθη,εἰσ τιμάσ τ’ ἀνόρουσε τελειομένοιο χρόνοιοὅσ σφιν ἀμοιβαῖοσ πλατέοσ παρ’ ἐλήλαται ὁρ́κου· (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 3 119:3)

Related

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

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