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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

  • ἀνωφερὲσ ἀντίκειται μόνον, οὐδ’ ὡσ πυκνὴ πρὸσ ἀραιὸν οὐδ’ ὡσ βραδεῖα καὶ στάσιμοσ πρὸσ ὀξύρροπον καὶ κινητικόν, ἀλλ’ ὡσ βαρυτάτη . (Plutarch, De primo frigido, chapter, section 17 5:1)
  • "πολύλιστον ἀραιόν τέ ἐστιν ἀχρυσόπεπλον εὐῶδεσ ἀμβροσίων ἐκ μυχῶν ἐρανὸν ὕδωρ λαβόν. (Plutarch, De Pythiae oraculis, section 1712)
  • "αἱ γὰρ ἀνακλάσεισ γίγνονται πρὸσ οὐδὲν ἀραιὸν οὐδὲ λεπτομερέσ, οὐδ’ ἔστι φῶσ ἀπὸ φωτὸσ ἢ πῦρ ἀπὸ πυρὸσ ἀφαλλόμενον νοῆσαι ῥᾴδιον· (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 1810)
  • τὸ γὰρ ἀραιὸν ἔτι καὶ διακεχυμένον ῥώννυται καὶ γίγνεται σταθερὸν καὶ διαυγέσ, ὥσθ’ ὑπὸ τῆσ τυχούσησ ἀναθυμιάσεωσ τρέφεσθαι· (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 28 13:1)
  • πῶσ γὰρ οἱο͂́ν τε λεπτομερὲσ ἐκ παχυμεροῦσ καὶ ἀραιὸν γενέσθαι κατὰ περίψυξιν καὶ πύκνωσιν; (Plutarch, De Stoicorum repugnantiis, section 41 3:1)

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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