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δέσμιος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: δέσμιος

Structure: δεσμι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: desmo/s

Sense

  1. binding, binding as with a spell, enchaining
  2. bound, in bonds, captive

Examples

  • ὅτι ἐξ οἴκου τῶν δεσμίων ἐξελεύσεται τοῦ βασιλεῦσαι, ὅτι καί γε ἐν βασιλείᾳ αὐτοῦ ἐγενήθη πένησ. (Septuagint, Liber Ecclesiastes 4:14)
  • "ὥσπερ Ἐπίκουροσ ἡγεῖται καὶ Μητρόδωροσ, οὐσίαν τἀγαθοῦ καὶ ἀκρότητα τὴν τοῦ κακοῦ φυγὴν τιθέμενοι καὶ χαίροντεσ ἀνδραπόδων τινὰ χαρὰν ἢ δεσμίων ἐξ εἱργμοῦ λυθέντων ἀσμένωσ ἀλειψαμένων καὶ ἀπολουσαμένων μετὰ τὰσ αἰκίασ καὶ τὰσ μάστιγασ, ἐλευθέρασ δὲ καὶ καθαρᾶσ καὶ ἀμιγοῦσ καὶ ἀμωλωπίστου χαρᾶσ ἀγεύστων καὶ ἀθεάτων. (Plutarch, Non posse suaviter vivi secundum Epicurum, section 82)
  • μιμνήσκεσθε τῶν δεσμίων ὡσ συνδεδεμένοι, τῶν κακουχουμένων ὡσ καὶ αὐτοὶ ὄντεσ ἐν σώματι. (PROS EBRAIOUS, chapter 13 4:1)
  • ῥάχισ δ’ ἐστὶν ἀπὸ τοῦ στρατοπέδου καὶ μέχρι Νείλου καθήκουσα, δι’ ἧσ ἀπὸ τοῦ ποταμοῦ τροχοὶ καὶ κοχλίαι τὸ ὕδωρ ἀνάγουσιν, ἀνδρῶν ἑκατὸν πεντήκοντα ἐργαζομένων δεσμίων· (Strabo, Geography, book 17, chapter 1 59:8)

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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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