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δαψιλής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: δαψιλής δαψιλές

Structure: δαψιλη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: da/ptw

Sense

  1. abundant, plentiful, in abundance
  2. liberal, profuse

Examples

  • ἐπὶ δέ τινασ χρόνουσ τῶν ἐν τῇ Κύρνῳ πόλεων κυριεύοντεσ ἐλάμβανον παρὰ τῶν ἐγχωρίων φόρουσ ῥητίνην καὶ κηρὸν καὶ μέλι, φυομένων τούτων δαψιλῶν ἐν τῇ νήσῳ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 5, chapter 13 4:3)
  • οἱών γὰρ ἂν δέκα τινῶν εἶναι συμβαίνῃ τὸ τοῦ τείχουσ ὕψοσ, τοιούτων δώδεκα δεήσει τὰσ κλίμακασ δαψιλῶν ὑπάρχειν. (Polybius, Histories, book 9, chapter 19 6:2)

Synonyms

  1. abundant

  2. liberal

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

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