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βαναυσικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: βαναυσικός

Structure: βαναυσικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from ba/nausos

Sense

  1. of or for mechanics, a mere mechanical

Examples

  • καὶ γὰρ αἵ γε βαναυσικαὶ καλούμεναι καὶ ἐπίρρητοί εἰσι καὶ εἰκότωσ μέντοι πάνυ ἀδοξοῦνται πρὸσ τῶν πόλεων. (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 4 3:2)
  • καὶ ἀσχολίασ δὲ μάλιστα ἔχουσι καὶ φίλων καὶ πόλεωσ συνεπιμελεῖσθαι αἱ βαναυσικαὶ καλούμεναι. (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 4 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. of or for mechanics

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

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