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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

  • οὐ γὰρ κατὰ καιρὸν τοῦτον ὑπ’ αὐτῶν ἐνεχθῆναι, βιασαμένησ δὲ τῆσ φύσεωσ ἀώρωσ μήτε τῷ θεῷ ἁρμόζειν μήτ’ αὐτῷ τῷ δεσπότῃ χρῆσθαι. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 4 292:2)

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

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