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ἔφεδρος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔφεδρος ἔφεδρον

Structure: ἐφεδρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e(/dra

Sense

  1. sitting or seated upon
  2. sitting by, at, near, close at hand
  3. posted in support or reserve
  4. lying by, who sits by to fight the conqueror, against
  5. a successor

Examples

  • νικῶν δ’ ἔφεδρον παῖδ’ ἔχεισ τὸν Πηλέωσ, ὅσ σ’ οὐκ ἐάσει ναυσὶν ἐμβαλεῖν φλόγα, οὐδ’ ὧδ’ Ἀχαιούσ, ὡσ δοκεῖσ, ἀναρπάσαι. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode 1:21)
  • ἐγὼ δὲ γῆσ ἔφεδρον Ἑλλήνων στρατὸν λεύσσων, τί μὴν ἔμελλον οὐ πέμψειν φίλοισ κήρυκασ, ἐλθεῖν κἀπικουρῆσαι χθονί; (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, antistrophe 1 4:3)
  • ‐ καὶ μὰν τόνδ’ ἄθρησον πτεροῦντοσ ἔφεδρον ἵππου· (Euripides, Ion, choral, antistrophe 13)
  • Ἀδύνατόν ἐστιν εὐθὺσ εὑρεῖν τὸ γράμμα ἐκεῖνο τὸ δηλοῦν τὸν ἔφεδρον, ἢ τὸ μὲν γράμμα ἴσωσ ἂν εὑρ́οισ, οὐ μὴν εἴσῃ γε εἰ ἐκεῖνόσ ἐστιν· (Lucian, 87:6)
  • οὐ γὰρ προείρηται ὅτι τὸ Κ ἢ τὸ Μ ἢ τὸ Ι ἐστὶ τὸ χειροτονοῦν τὸν ἔφεδρον· (Lucian, 87:7)

Synonyms

  1. sitting or seated upon

  2. sitting by

  3. a successor

Related

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

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