Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • οὐρὰσ λεπτὰσ μακράσ, δασείασ τὴν τρίχα, ὑγρὰσ εὐκαμπεῖσ, τὸ ἄκρον τῆσ οὐρᾶσ δασύτερον. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 5 9:5)
  • τοῦ μὲν γὰρ ψιλότερόν ἐστι, τοῦ δὲ δασύτερον. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Compositione Verborum, chapter 1464)

Synonyms

  1. downy

  2. with the hair on

  3. of birds

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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