Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄτροφος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄτροφος ἄτροφη ἄτροφον

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

Etym.: tre/fw

Sense

  1. not fed, ill-fed

Examples

  • ὥσπερ ἐν τοῖσ τὰ σώματα δεδεμένοισ τοὺσ παχεῖσ τε καὶ ὀγκώδεισ τῶν λεπτῶν τε καὶ ἀτρόφων μᾶλλον ὁ δεσμὸσ πιέζει· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 31:2)

Synonyms

  1. not fed

Related

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

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