Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄναυδος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄναυδος ἄναυδον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + ναυδ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: au)dh/

Sense

  1. speechless, silent
  2. preventing speech, silencing
  3. unutterable

Examples

  • "τὸ γὰρ ἀφισταμένων καὶ ἀπολειπόντων τὰ χρηστήρια τῶν δαιμόνων ὥσπερ ὄργανα τεχνιτῶν ἀργὰ καὶ ἄναυδα κεῖσθαι λεχθέν, ἕτερον λόγον ἐγείρει τὸν περὶ τῆσ αἰτίασ μείζονα καὶ δυνάμεωσ, χρώμενοι ποιοῦσι κατόχουσ τοῖσ ἐνθουσιασμοῖσ καὶ φαντασιαστικοὺσ τοὺσ προφήτασ καὶ τὰσ προφήτιδασ. (Plutarch, De defectu oraculorum, section 384)

Synonyms

  1. speechless

  2. unutterable

Related

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

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