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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

  • τὸν μὲν βροτῷ ἀνδρὶ μιγεῖσα, τὸν δὲ Διὶ Κρονίωνι, θεῶν σημάντορι πάντων. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 3:9)
  • ὕβρισ γάρ τε κακὴ δειλῷ βροτῷ· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 27:2)
  • τότε δὴ τρίποδι βροτῷ ἶσοι, οὗ τ’ ἐπὶ νῶτα ἐάγε, κάρη δ’ εἰσ οὖδασ ὁρᾶται, τῷ ἴκελοι φοιτῶσιν, ἀλευόμενοι νίφα λευκήν. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 59:16)
  • βροτώ. (Aristophanes, Birds, Prologue 3:27)
  • μετὰ ταῦτα Θήβασ ἦλθον, οὗ τὴν νύχθ’ ὅλην τὴν θ’ ἡμέραν δειπνοῦσι καὶ κοπρῶν’ ἔχει ἐπὶ ταῖσ θύραισ ἕκαστοσ, οὗ πλήρει βροτῷ οὐκ ἔστι μεῖζον ἀγαθὸν ὡσ χεζητιῶν μακρὰν βαδίζων, πολλὰ δ’ ἀσθμαίνων ἀνήρ, δάκνων τὰ χείλη παγγέλοιόσ ἐστ’ ἰδεῖν, ἐν δὲ τοῖσ Μυσοῖσ πρὸσ τὸν Ἡρακλέα ποιεῖ τινα τάδε λέγοντα· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 11 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. mortal

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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