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ἄωρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄωρος ἄωρᾱ ἄωρον

Structure: ἀωρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)ei/rw, cf. mete/wros

Sense

  1. pendulous, waving about

Examples

  • ἔφη γὰρ ὁ Πομπήιοσ ἀωρότερον εἶναι γέροντι τὸ τρυφᾶν ἢ τὸ ἄρχειν· (Plutarch, An seni respublica gerenda sit, chapter, section 4 11:1)
  • ὅτε δὴ καὶ Πομπήϊοσ ἔφη, γέροντι τὸ τρυφᾶν ἀωρότερον εἶναι τοῦ πολιτεύεσθαι. (Plutarch, Pompey, chapter 48 4:2)

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

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