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βροτός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: βροτός βροτή βροτόν

Structure: βροτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: The orig. form seems to have been morto/s, cf. a)/mbrotos.

Sense

  1. mortal

Examples

  • ἄνθρωπον γὰρ οὐ μὴ αἰσχυνθῶ, ἀλλὰ μὴν οὐδὲ βροτὸν οὐ μὴ ἐντραπῶ. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 32:21)
  • οἰο͂ν δὴ καὶ τόνδε βροτὸν κρατερόν τε μέγαν τε σὰσ ἐσ χεῖρασ ἄγουσιν, ἵνα κλέοσ ἐσθλὸν ἄρηαι. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 8:3)
  • τῶν ὄνομ’ ἀργαλέον πάντων βροτὸν ἀνέρ’ ἐνισπεῖν, οἳ δὲ ἕκαστοι ἴσασιν, ὅσοι περιναιετάωσιν. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 36:6)
  • τῷ δ’ ἀναγκαίῳ τρόπῳ ὃσ ἀντιτείνει σκαιὸν ἡγοῦμαι βροτόν. (Euripides, Heracles, episode 4:8)
  • χρὴ δ’, εἰ σοφὸσ πέφυκασ, οὐκ ἐᾶν βροτὸν τὸν αὐτὸν αἰεὶ δυστυχῆ καθεστάναι. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode 6:8)

Synonyms

  1. mortal

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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