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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

  • ἀλλ’ εἴ τισ τὰ χείριστα καὶ βλασφημότατα τῶν ἐπὶ διαβολῇ περὶ τοῦ Πυθαγόρου λεγομένων, οἷσ ἔγωγε οὐκ ἂν πεισθείην ὡσ ἀληθέσιν οὖσιν, ὅμωσ συναγάγοι εἰσ τὸ αὐτό, πολλοστὸν ἂν μέροσ ἅπαντα ἐκεῖνα γένοιτο τῆσ Ἀλεξάνδρου δεινότητοσ. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 4:8)

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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