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ἀρρυθμία?

First declension Noun; Transliteration: arrythmia

Principal Part: ἀρρυθμία

Etym.: from ἄρρυθμος

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

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

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