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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

  • ἄλλοσ ἐθερμοτράγει, ὁ δ’ ἤμει τὸν νῆστιν, ὁ δὲ ἀραιὰσ ποιῶν τὰσ ῥαφανῖδασ ἐμυστιλᾶτο τοῦ ἰχθυηροῦ ζωμοῦ, ἄλλοσ ἤσθιεν φαυλίασ, ὁ δὲ ἐρρόφει τῶν κριθῶν. (Lucian, Lexiphanes, (no name) 5:7)
  • τετράδι δ’ ἄρχεσθαι νῆασ πήγνυσθαι ἀραιάσ. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 98:4)
  • ἀτὰρ ἐκεῖνο θαυμάξω, τί καὶ ἐπῄνεσεν αὐτῆσ ὁ στρατιώτησ οὗτοσ, ἐκτὸσ εἰ μὴ παντάπασι τυφλόσ ἐστιν, ὃσ οὐχ ἑωράκει τὰσ μὲν τρίχασ αὐτὴν ἀραιὰσ ἔχουσαν καὶ ἐπὶ πολὺ τοῦ μετώπου ἀπηγμένασ· (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 2:1)
  • Διευχίδασ δ’ ἐν τοῖσ Μεγαρικοῖσ τὰσ καλουμένασ, φησίν, Ἀραιὰσ μεταξὺ δὲ τῆσ Κνιδίασ καὶ τῆσ Σύμησ εἰσί γενομένησ διαφορᾶσ τοῖσ συνεξορμήσασι τῷ Τριόπᾳ μετὰ τὸν ἐκείνου θάνατον, καὶ τῶν μὲν εἰσ τὸ Δώτιον ἀναχωρησάντων, οἱ μὲν μετὰ Φόρβαντοσ μείναντεσ εἰσ Ιἠλυσὸν ἦλθον, οἱ δὲ μετὰ Περιέργου τὴν Καμιρίδα κατέσχον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 81 1:14)
  • "τότε λέγεται καταράσασθαι τὸν Περίεργον τῷ Φόρβαντι καὶ διὰ τοῦτο τὰσ νήσουσ Ἀραιὰσ κληθῆναι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 81 1:15)

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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