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ἀργός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀργός ἀργή ἀργόν

Structure: ἀργ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. shining, bright, glistening, white
  2. hounds, swift-footed, of glancing or flickering light

Examples

  • ἀργὸσ δὲ αὐτὴ καὶ ἄνετοσ οὖσα τὰ ὑπὸ τῶν ἄλλων πονούμενα καρποῦται καὶ πλήρησ αὐτῇ πανταχοῦ τράπεζα· (Lucian, Muscae Encomium, (no name) 8:1)
  • ἀργὸσ γὰρ οὐδεὶσ θεοὺσ ἔχων ἀνὰ στόμα βίον δύναιτ’ ἂν ξυλλέγειν ἄνευ πόνου. (Euripides, episode 4:15)
  • ἐγὼ δὲ καταπεπλασμένη ψιμυθίῳ ἕστηκα καὶ κροκωτὸν ἠμφιεσμένη ἀργόσ, μινυρομένη τι πρὸσ ἐμαυτὴν μέλοσ, ἀργόσ, μινυρομένη τι πρὸσ ἐμαυτὴν μέλοσ, παίζουσα. (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Lyric-Scene2)
  • ἐκεῖνο δ’ οὐ βούλοι’ ἄν, ἡσυχίαν ἔχων ζῆν ἀργόσ; (Aristophanes, Plutus, Episode 2:26)
  • μὴ γὰρ τοσοῦτόσ ποτε λιμὸσ καταλάβοι τὸ Ἄργοσ, ὡσ τὴν Κυλλάραβιν σπείρειν ἐπιχειρεῖν· (Lucian, Apologia 24:3)
  • καὶ ὅλωσ περικέχυταί μοι τὸ κάλλοσ αὐτῶν καὶ ὅλον περιείληφέ με καὶ ἄχθομαι, ὅτι μὴ καὶ αὐτὸσ ὥσπερ ὁ Ἄργοσ ὅλῳ βλέπειν δύναμαι τῷ σώματι. (Lucian, Dearum judicium, (no name) 8:3)
  • πολυδίψιον δὲ τὸ Ἄργοσ, ὡσ οἶσθα· (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, triton, amymone, and poseidon, chapter 23)
  • ὁ δὲ λύσασ τὰ δεσμὰ τῆσ παρθένου, ὑποσχὼν τὴν χεῖρα ὑπεδέξατο ἀκροποδητὶ κατιοῦσαν ἐκ τῆσ πέτρασ ὀλισθηρᾶσ οὔσησ, καὶ νῦν γαμεῖ ἐν τοῦ Κηφέωσ καὶ ἀπάξει αὐτὴν ἐσ Ἄργοσ, ὥστε ἀντὶ θανάτου γάμον οὐ τὸν τυχόντα εὑρ́ετο. (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, triton and nhrides, chapter 3 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. shining

Related

Derived

  • ἀργός (not working the ground, living without labour, inactive)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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