Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄρκιος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄρκιος ἄρκιη ἄρκιον

Structure: ἀρκι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)rke/w

Sense

  1. sufficient, sure, certain, certain, sure, enough, a match

Examples

  • εὖ μὲν μετρεῖσθαι παρὰ γείτονοσ, εὖ δ’ ἀποδοῦναι, αὐτῷ τῷ μέτρῳ, καὶ λώιον, αἴ κε δύνηαι, ὡσ ἂν χρηίζων καὶ ἐσ ὕστερον ἄρκιον εὑρ́ῃσ. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 39:7)
  • ἀναγκάζουσι γὰρ οἱ κύριοι, ὥσπερ ὁ Ἕκτωρ ὃν δέ κ’ ἐγὼν ἀπάνευθε μάχησ πτώσσοντα νοήσω,οὔ οἱ ἄρκιον ἐσσεῖται φυγέειν κύνασ. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 3 109:2)
  • ἄρκιον ἓξ ὡρ́αισ πλῆσαι στόμα· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 14, chapter 7 1:1)
  • τὸ δ’ ὁππόσον ἡδὺ ποθῆναι, μέτρον ἐμοὶ πάσησ ἄρκιον εὐφροσύνησ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 45 1:2)
  • ἄρκιον ἤδη μοι πόσιοσ μέτρον εὐσταθίη γὰρ λύεται ἥ τε φρενῶν ἥ τε διὰ στόματοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 1991)

Synonyms

  1. sufficient

Related

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

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