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ἀπότομος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀπότομος ἀπότομη ἀπότομον

Structure: ἀποτομ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)pote/mnw

Sense

  1. cut off, abrupt, precipitous, to the edge of a cliff
  2. severe, relentless

Examples

  • Εὐθὺσ οὖν ἦν ἀνά τε τὴν χώραν καὶ ἀνὰ τὴν πόλιν, ὡσ ἕκαστόσ πῃ συνελαμβάνετο, ἀνδρολήψια αἰφνίδια πολλὰ καὶ τρόποι τῶν φόνων ποικίλοι τῶν τε κεφαλῶν ἀποτομαὶ τοῦ μισθοῦ χάριν ἐσ ἐπίδειξιν φυγαί τε ἀπρεπεῖσ καὶ σχήματα ἄτοπα ἐκ τοῦ πρὶν περιφανοῦσ. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 4, chapter 3 2:1)

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

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