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ἀρρυθμία

First declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀρρυθμία

Etym.: from a)/rruqmos

Sense

  1. want of rhythm or proportion

Examples

  • ἐῶ λέγειν προστερνίδια καὶ προγαστρίδια, προσθετὴν καὶ ἐπιτεχνητὴν παχύτητα προσποιούμενοσ, ὡσ μὴ τοῦ μήκουσ ἡ ἀρρυθμία ἐν λεπτῷ μᾶλλον ἐλέγχοιτο· (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 27:2)
  • καὶ ἡ μὲν ἀσχημοσύνη καὶ ἀρρυθμία καὶ ἀναρμοστία κακολογίασ καὶ κακοηθείασ ἀδελφά, τὰ δ’ ἐναντία τοῦ ἐναντίου, σώφρονόσ τε καὶ ἀγαθοῦ ἤθουσ, ἀδελφά τε καὶ μιμήματα. (Plato, Republic, book 3 308:3)

Synonyms

  1. want of rhythm or proportion

Related

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

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