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βραδύς

First/Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: βραδύς βραδεῖα βραδύ

Structure: βραδυ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. slow
  2. slow-witted, dull
  3. (time) late, tardy

Examples

  • πάντασ γὰρ τοὺσ κύκλουσ αὐτῶν στρέφουσα ἕλικα διὰ τὸ διχῇ κατὰ τὰ ἐναντία ἅμα προϊέναι τὸ βραδύτατα ἀπιὸν ἀφ’ αὑτῆσ οὔσησ ταχίστησ ἐγγύτατα ἀπέφαινεν. (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 132:2)
  • οὐκ εἰκὸσ ὕστατα ἀφικνεῖσθαι τὰ βραδύτατα; (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 57:5)
  • τὰσ μὲν οὖν βραδύτατα πλεούσασ ταῖσ ἄριστα πλεούσαισ ταχὺ κατειλήφει· (Xenophon, Hellenica, , chapter 1 34:4)
  • "ἀλλὰ πότερα τοῦτον ὡσ τάχιστά τισ ἂν ἰδεῖν βουληθείη γενόμενον ἢ τοὐναντίον ὡσ βραδύτατα; (Polybius, Histories, book 24, chapter 13 6:2)
  • δοκῶ μὲν γὰρ ὡσ βραδύτατα. (Polybius, Histories, book 24, chapter 13 6:3)

Synonyms

  1. slow

  2. slow-witted

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