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

  • οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδὲ μικροφωνότερον ἐν τοῖσ ἀναύδοισ, οὕτωσ οὐδὲ δειλότερον οὐδὲ νωθρότερον οὐδ’ ἀκρατέστερον, οἷσ μὴ φύσει πᾶσιν ἡ τοῦ 1 φρονεῖν δύναμισ, ἄλλοισ δ’ ἄλλωσ κατὰ τὸ μᾶλλον καὶ ἧττον παροῦσα τὰσ ὁρωμένασ διαφορὰσ πεποίηκεν; (Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, chapter, section 4 20:1)

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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