Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ξεστός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ξεστός ξεστή ξεστόν

Structure: ξεστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from ce/w

Sense

  1. smoothed, polished, wrought, of polished stone

Examples

  • καὶ ᾠκοδόμησε Σίμων ἐπὶ τὸν τάφον τοῦ πατρὸσ αὐτοῦ καὶ τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτοῦ καὶ ὕψωσεν αὐτὸν τῇ ὁράσει λίθῳ ξεστῷ ἐκ τῶν ὄπισθεν καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἔμπροσθεν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 13:27)
  • διὰ τοῦτο ἀνθ̓ ὧν κατεκονδυλίζετε πτωχοὺσ καὶ δῶρα ἐκλεκτὰ ἐδέξασθε παῤ αὐτῶν, οἴκουσ ξεστοὺσ ᾠκοδομήσατε καὶ οὐ μὴ κατοικήσητε ἐν αὐτοῖσ, ἀμπελῶνασ ἐπιθυμητοὺσ ἐφυτεύσατε καὶ οὐ μὴ πίητε τὸν οἶνον αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Prophetia Amos 5:11)
  • πρόσθεν μὲν θάνατόν τ’ εἶχον καὶ δάκρυσι μῦρον, μέσσοι δὲ ξεστοί, περιμήκεεσ, αὐτὰρ ὄπισθε μόρφνοιο φλεγύαο καλυπτόμενοι πτερύγεσσιν. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 11:6)
  • ξεστοὺσ δὲ δύ’ ἐν χέρεσσ’ ἄκοντασ κηὔτυκτον κυνέαν Λάκαι‐ ναν κρατὸσ πέρι πυρσοχαίτου· (Bacchylides, , dithyrambs, ode 18 4:2)
  • ἀλλ’, ὦ ποτ’ εὐτυχοῦσα, χαῖρέ μοι, πόλισ ξεστόν τε πύργωμ’· (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode 1:19)

Synonyms

  1. smoothed

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

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