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βαπτός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: βαπτός

Structure: βαπτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from ba/ptw

Sense

  1. dipped, dyed, bright-coloured
  2. for dyeing
  3. drawn by dipping vessels

Examples

  • οἱ δὲ καρτεροῦσι περιϊόντεσ αὐχμηροὶ καὶ ταπεινοί, τρίβωνάσ τε προσερραμμένουσ χρώματοσ βαπτοῦ φοροῦσι, καὶ ξυρῶνται μέροσ τῆσ ὑπήνησ, μέροσ δὲ τρέφουσι. (Plutarch, Agesilaus, chapter 30 3:3)

Synonyms

  1. dipped

  2. for dyeing

Related

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

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