Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἁρπαλέος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἁρπαλέος ἁρπαλέη ἁρπαλέον

Structure: ἁρπαλε (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a(rpa/zw

Sense

  1. greedy, greedily, eagerly
  2. attractive, alluring

Examples

  • "οὐ γάρ σ’ οὐδέ, ξεῖνε, δαήμονι φωτὶ ἐίσκω ἄθλων, οἱᾶ́ τε πολλὰ μετ’ ἀνθρώποισι πέλονται, ἀλλὰ τῷ, ὅσ θ’ ἅμα νηὶ πολυκλήιδι θαμίζων, ἀρχὸσ ναυτάων οἵ τε πρηκτῆρεσ ἐάσιν, φόρτου τε μνήμων καὶ ἐπίσκοποσ ᾖσιν ὁδαίων κερδέων θ’ ἁρπαλέων· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 8 17:2)

Synonyms

  1. attractive

Related

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

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