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βλάσφημος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: βλάσφημος

Structure: βλασφημ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: The origin of blas is uncertain: bla/c and bla/ptw have both been suggested.

Sense

  1. evil-speaking, slanderous
  2. speaking blasphemy, blasphemous, a blasphemer

Examples

  • θυσίασ γενομένησ καὶ ἱερῶν καυθέντων κατὰ νόμον, εἴ τῴ τισ, φαμέν, ἰδίᾳ παραστὰσ τοῖσ βωμοῖσ τε καὶ ἱεροῖσ, ὑὸσ ἢ καὶ ἀδελφόσ, βλασφημοῖ πᾶσαν βλασφημίαν, ἆρ’ οὐκ, ἂν φαῖμεν, ἀθυμίαν καὶ κακὴν ὄτταν καὶ μαντείαν πατρὶ καὶ τοῖσ ἄλλοισ ἂν οἰκείοισ φθέγγοιτο ἐντιθείσ; (Plato, Laws, book 7 76:6)

Synonyms

  1. evil-speaking

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

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