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ἄστομος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄστομος

Structure: ἀστομ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: sto/ma

Sense

  1. without mouth, hardmouthed, restive
  2. soft-mouthed, unable to hold with the teeth
  3. soft, incapable of a fine edge

Examples

  • ἔπειτα δ’ Αἰνιᾶνοσ ἀνδρὸσ ἄστομοι πῶλοι βίᾳ φοροῦσιν· (Plutarch, De curiositate, section 12 2:3)
  • ἔπειτα δ’ Αἰνιᾶνοσ ἀνδρὸσ ἄστομοι πῶλοι βίᾳ φέρουσιν· (Sophocles, episode 6:25)
  • αἱ δὲ γρυπαὶ ἄστομοι καὶ διὰ τοῦτο οὐ κατέχουσι τὸν λαγῶ· (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 3 4:2)

Synonyms

  1. without mouth

Related

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

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