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ἀτενής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀτενής ἀτενές

Structure: ἀτενη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: 계사 a , tei/nw

Sense

  1. strained tight, clinging
  2. intent, earnest, stiff, stubborn, inexorable, earnestly

Examples

  • καὶ μὴν διήνθισται κατὰ τοὺσ ταῶνασ, εἴ τισ ἀτενὲσ βλέποι ἐσ αὐτήν, ὁπόταν ἐκπετάσασα πρὸσ τὸν ἥλιον πτερύσσηται. (Lucian, Muscae Encomium, (no name) 1:3)
  • καὶ ἐπειδὴ ἐδόκει μοι εὐμαθὴσ εἶναι καὶ ἀτενὲσ ὁρᾶν εἰσ ἐμὲ ‐ ὑπέπτησσε γὰρ τότε καὶ ἐθεράπευεν. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 27:2)
  • οἱ δὲ ἀτενὲσ ἀπέβλεπον ὅ τι καὶ γίγνοιτο, πολὺ πρότερον θαυμάσαντεσ τὸ ᾠὸν ἐν τῷ ὕδατι εὑρημένον. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 14:3)
  • ἐπεὶ δὲ ἅπαξ τὴν ὄψιν ἐσ τὸ ἀτενὲσ ἀπηρεισάμην, ἅπασ ὁ τῶν ἀνθρώπων βίοσ ἤδη κατεφαίνετο, οὐ κατὰ ἔθνη μόνον καὶ πόλεισ, ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐτοὶ σαφῶσ οἱ πλέοντεσ, οἱ πολεμοῦντεσ, οἱ γεωργοῦντεσ, οἱ δικαζόμενοι, τὰ γύναια, τὰ θηρία, καὶ πάνθ’ ἁπλῶσ ὁπόσα τρέφει ζείδωροσ ἄρουρα. (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 12:4)
  • καὶ τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἠγνόουν τὸ πρᾶγμα, διότι ἀτενὲσ ἀφεώρα ἐσ ἐμέ· (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. strained tight

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

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