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ἑδραῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἑδραῖος

Structure: ἑδραι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e(/dra

Sense

  1. sitting, sedentary
  2. on which the rider sits
  3. sitting fast, steady, steadfast

Examples

  • ἵππουσ γὰρ ἃσ ἔθρεψα κἀδιφρηλάτουν Ῥήσῳ παρεστώσ, εἶδον, ὡσ ὄναρ δοκῶν, λύκουσ ἐπεμβεβῶτασ ἑδραίαν ῥάχιν· (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, iambic 2:2)
  • ἀναφυγόντων γὰρ ἐπὶ τὰ ὑψηλὰ τῶν πολεμίων αὑτοὺσ ὑποστέλλειν ἐχρῆν, καὶ μὴ κατὰ κορυφὴν ἱσταμένοισ τοῖσ κινδύνοισ ἕπεσθαι, κρατοῦντασ δὲ τῆσ κάτω πόλεωσ κατ’ ὀλίγον προκαλεῖσθαι τοὺσ ἀναφεύγοντασ εἰσ ἀσφαλῆ καὶ ἑδραίαν μάχην. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 51:2)

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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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