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ἀραῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀραῖος

Structure: ἀραι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)ra/

Sense

  1. prayed to or entreated
  2. prayed against, accursed, laden with a curse or curses, under a curse
  3. cursing, bringing mischief upon

Examples

  • "ἀλλ’ ὅσ’ ἂν ῥυπανθῇ χρωμένων, ἐμβαλόντεσ εἰσ φλόγα λαμπρὰ καὶ διαφανῆ κομίζονται νῦν δ’ ἠφάνισται καὶ μόλισ οἱο͂ν ἶνεσ ἢ τρίχεσ ἀραιαὶ διατρέχουσιν ἐν τοῖσ μετάλλοισ. (Plutarch, De defectu oraculorum, section 439)
  • εὐρεῖαι δὲ φλέβεσ οὐ πλημμύρῃ τοῦ αἵματοσ, ἀλλὰ τῷ τοῦ δέρματοσ πάχεϊ· οὐκ ἐσ πολλὸν δὲ καὶ ἕδρα δήλη, τοῦ παντὸσ εἰσ ἶσον ὄχθον ἐγειρομένου· τρίχεσ ἐν μὲν τῷ παντὶ προτεθνήσκουσι, χερσὶ, μηροῖσι, κνήμῃσι, αὖθισ, ἥβῃ, γενείοισι ἀραιαὶ, ψεδναὶ δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τῇ κεφαλῇ κόμαι· τὸ δὲ μᾶλλον πρόωροι πολιοὶ καὶ φαλάκρωσισ ἀθρόη. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 374)
  • ἀγαθὸν μὲν γὰρ ὑγρασίη ἐξ αὐχμοῦ τῆσ νούσου καὶ ταλαιπωρίῃ τῆσ ἰήσιοσ· ἀραιαὶ δὲ καὶ μαλθακαὶ σάρκεσ Ῥηϊσταὶ πρὸσ ἄφεσιν τοῦ νοσήματοσ· ξηραὶ δὲ καὶ πυκναὶ τοῖσ μελαγχολῶσι αἱ σάρκεσ. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU XRONIWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 201)
  • αἱ δὲ παραγωγαὶ ὥσπερ ὑπὸ κήρυκοσ ὑπὸ τοῦ ἐνωμοτάρχου λόγῳ δηλοῦνται <καὶ> ἀραιαί τε καὶ βαθύτεραι αἱ φάλαγγεσ γίγνονται· (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 11 7:3)
  • ὑπὸ δὲ κνῆμαι ῥώοντο ἀραιαί. (Homer, Iliad, Book 18 38:2)

Synonyms

  1. prayed to or entreated

  2. prayed against

Derived

Similar forms

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

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