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ξυρήκης

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ξυρήκης ξυρήκες

Structure: ξυρηκη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: a)kh

Sense

  1. keen as a rasor
  2. close-shaven, close

Examples

  • πολλοὶ δ’ ἐπιστέλλουσιν, ἑρμηνεὺσ δ’ ἐγώ, αἱ χεῖρεσ ἡ γλῶσσ’ ἡ ταλαίπωρόσ τε φρήν, κάρα τ’ ἐμὸν ξυρῆκεσ, ὅ τ’ ἐκεῖνον τεκών. (Euripides, episode 3:2)
  • ἀλλ’ ἐκ γὰρ ἄλγουσ ἄλγοσ αὖ σὲ δέρκομαι κάρα ξυρῆκεσ καὶ πέπλουσ μελαγχίμουσ ἔχουσαν, οἴμοι τῶν ἐμῶν ἐγὼ κακῶν. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode, lyric 3:9)
  • τὰ δ’ ἀκόντια ἔστω παντοδαπά, ἔχοντα τὰσ λόγχασ εὐπλατεῖσ καὶ ξυρήκεισ, ῥάβδουσ δὲ στιφράσ. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 10 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. keen as a rasor

Similar forms

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

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