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

  • ναὸσ ἀρωγοὶ τῆσ Αἰάντοσ, γενεᾶσ χθονίων ἀπ’ Ἐρεχθειδῶν, ἔχομεν στοναχὰσ οἱ κηδόμενοι τοῦ Τελαμῶνοσ τηλόθεν οἴκου. (Sophocles, Ajax, episode, anapests1)
  • τῶν μὲν ἀρωγοὶ κατὰ γῆσ ἤδη, τῶν δὲ κρατούντων χέρεσ οὐχ ὅσιαι στυγερῶν τούτων· (Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, choral, anapests4)
  • ἀλλ’ ὡρ́η δολιχήν τε καὶ ἄσπετον οἶμον ὁδεύειν, ὄφρα κασιγνήτασ μετελεύσομαι, αἵ μοι ἀρωγοὶ ἔσσονται, καὶ νηὸσ ὅθι πρυμνήσι’ ἀνῆπται, ὥσ κεν ὑπηῷοι μνησαίατο νόστον ἑλέσθαι. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 14:4)
  • ἀρωγοὶ δ’ αὐτοῖσ ἑκατέρωθεν ἐπῄεσαν οὐ διὰ μακροῦ τῶν πόλεων οὐσῶν, οἳ τὸ κάμνον ἀναθαρρύνοντεσ ἐπὶ πολὺν χρόνον ἀντέχειν ταῖσ ταλαιπωρίαισ ἐποίουν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books IV-VI, book 6, chapter 31 5:1)
  • ἐκ γάρ με πλήσσουσι παρήμενοι ἄλλοθεν ἄλλοσ οἵδε κακὰ φρονέοντεσ, ἐμοὶ δ’ οὐκ εἰσὶν ἀρωγοί. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 18 38:6)

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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