Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

βαιός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: βαιός

Sense

  1. little, small, scanty, few, with scanty escort, low, mean, humble, short, a little

Examples

  • πάντωσ γὰρ εἶναι ψιλὴν αὐτὴν παρηκολούθηκεν, οἱο͂ν νεὤσ, λεὤσ, Τυνδάρεὠσ, Μενέλεὠσ, λειπόνεὠσ, εὔνεὠσ, Νείλεὠσ, πρᾶὀσ, υἱὄσ, Κεῖὀσ, Χῖὀσ, δῖὀσ, χρεῖὀσ, πλεῖὀσ, λεῖὀσ, λαιὄσ, βαιὄσ, φαιὄσ, πηὄσ, γόὀσ, θοὄσ, ῥόὀσ, ζωὄσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 57 1:1)
  • μετὰ γὰρ μεγάλων βαιὸσ ἄριστ’ ἂν καὶ μέγασ ὀρθοῖθ’ ὑπὸ μικροτέρων. (Sophocles, Ajax, episode, anapests10)
  • πότερον ἐχώρει βαιὸσ ἢ πολλοὺσ ἔχων ἄνδρασ λοχίτασ, οἷ’ ἀνὴρ ἀρχηγέτησ; (Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, episode 2:1)
  • αὐτῷ ὑπὸ βαιὸσ ἐλυσθεὶσ Αἰσονίδῃ γλυφίδασ μέσσῃ ἐνικάτθετο νευρῇ, ἰθὺσ δ’ ἀμφοτέρῃσι διασχόμενοσ παλάμῃσιν ἧκ’ ἐπὶ Μηδείῃ· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 5:16)
  • βαιὸσ ἐγὼ Νύμφησ ἄπο γείτονοσ ἀγροϊώτησ, μοῦνον ἐποτρύνων ἔργα φυτοσκαφίησ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 2022)

Synonyms

  1. little

Related

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

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