Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀμυντέος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀμυντέος ἀμυντέα ἀμυντέον

Structure: ἀμυντε (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)mu/nw의 분사형

Sense

  1. one must assist

Examples

  • ἀλλ’ ἀμυντέον τὸ πρᾶγμ’ ὅστισ γ’ ἐνόρχησ ἔστ’ ἀνήρ. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Choral, strophe 23)
  • καὶ γὰρ ἤν τί που δεινὸν γίγνηται, ἡμῖν ἔσται ἀμυντέον. (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 6 8:2)

Synonyms

  1. one must assist

Related

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

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