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ἀσίδηρος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀσίδηρος ἀσίδηρᾱ ἀσίδηρον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + σιδηρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. not of iron, not made by iron
  2. without sword, unarmed

Examples

  • οἱ δὲ ἱππῆσ οὗτοι οὐκ ἀκοντίοισ κούφοισ διαχρῶνται ἔτι, ἀλλὰ ξυστοῖσ δόρασιν, ἀσιδήροισ μέν, τῷ βάρει δὲ οὔτε τοῖσ ἐξακοντίζουσιν εὐφόροισ, οὔτε ἐφ̓ οὕσ ἐκπέμπεται ἀκινδύνοισ. (Arrian, chapter 40 6:1)
  • τέλοσ δὲ δρυί̈νουσ συγκεραυνοῦσαι κλάδουσ ῥίζασ ἀνεσπάρασσον ἀσιδήροισ μοχλοῖσ. (Euripides, episode, lyric 5:10)

Synonyms

  1. not of iron

  2. without sword

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

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