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δασύς

First/Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: δασύς δασεῖα δασύ

Structure: δασυ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. opposed to ψῑλός ‎(psīlós) in all senses:, with a shaggy surface, hairy, shaggy, of the bald
  2. (of young hares) downy
  3. (of shields of skin) with the hair on
  4. of birds

Examples

  • ἄλλωσ τ’ ἄμουσόν ἐστι ποιητὴν ἰδεῖν ἀγρεῖον ὄντα καὶ δασύν· (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Prologue, iambics 1:5)
  • τὸν σκυθρωπὸν λέγεισ, τὸν δασύν, τὸν βαθυπώγωνα, ὃσ εἰώθε μετὰ τῶν μειρακίων περιπατεῖν ἐν τῇ Ποικίλῃ; (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 1:9)
  • "οἱ δὲ φαλλοφόροι, φησίν, προσωπεῖον μὲν οὐ λαμβάνουσιν, προπόλιον δ’ ἐξ ἑρπύλλου περιτιθέμενοι καὶ παιδέρωτοσ ἐπάνω τούτου ἐπιτίθενται στέφανον δασὺν ἰών καὶ κιττοῦ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 165)
  • εἰσ κουρέασ τὸν δασὺν Ἑρμογένην ζητεῖ πόθεν ἄρξεθ’ ὁ κουρεὺσ κείρειν τὴν κεφαλήν, ὄνθ’ ὅλον ὡσ κεφαλήν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 1901)
  • ὡσ οὖν θαυμαστὸσ ἦν ἐπιδεικνύμενοσ καὶ οὐδαμῇ διημάρτανε, προσάγουσιν αὐτῷ σκληρόν τινα τὸ σῶμα καὶσύνοφρυν ἄνθρωπον, αὐχμῶντα καὶ φαύλωσ διακείμενον καὶ ἐν ταῖσ χερσὶ τύλουσ ἔχοντα, φαιόν τι καὶ τραχὺ περιβεβλημένον ἱμάτιον, δασὺν ἑώσ τῶν σφυρῶν καὶ φαύλωσ κεκαρμένον· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 70:1)

Synonyms

  1. downy

  2. with the hair on

  3. of birds

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