Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀρωγός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀρωγός

Structure: ἀρωγ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)rh/gw

Sense

  1. aiding, succouring, propitious, serviceable
  2. serviceable towards
  3. a helper, aid, a defender, advocate

Examples

  • ὦ πόποι κεδνῆσ ἀρωγῆσ κἀπικουρίασ στρατοῦ. (Aeschylus, Persians, episode, trochees 1:22)
  • ἡμεῖσ δ’ ἀτίται σαρκὶ παλαιᾷ τῆσ τότ’ ἀρωγῆσ ὑπολειφθέντεσ μίμνομεν ἰσχὺν ἰσόπαιδα νέμοντεσ ἐπὶ σκήπτροισ. (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, episode, anapests 4:1)
  • ἴστω δὲ δυσώνυμοσ, ἥ μ’ ἔλαχεν, κὴρ καὶ τόδ’ ἐπ’ ὀφθαλμῶν ἀλαὸν νέφοσ, οἵ θ’ ὑπένερθεν δαίμονεσ, οἳ μηδ’ ὧδε θανόντι περ εὐμενέοιεν, ὡσ οὔ τισ θεόθεν χόλοσ ἔσσεται εἵνεκ’ ἀρωγῆσ. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 4:33)
  • "Ὦ φίλοι, οἱού φωτὸσ ἀποπλαγχθέντεσ ἀρωγῆσ πείρετ’ ἐσ Αἰήτην τόσσον πλόον. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 13:1)
  • "Ὦ φίλοι, ἡμέτερον μὲν ὅσον σθένοσ, οὔποτ’ ἀρωγῆσ σχήσεται, οὐδ’ ἠβαιόν, ὅτε χρειώ τισ ἵκηται. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 20:13)

Synonyms

  1. serviceable towards

Related

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

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