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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

  • τοῦτο ἀκούσασ ἐγὼ προσκυνήσασ ἀπῄειν εὐχόμενοσ ἅπασι θεοῖσ ἠπίαλὸν ’τινα ἢ πλευρῖτιν ἢ ποδάγραν ἐπιπέμψαι τῷ μαλακιζομένῳ ἐκείνῳ οὗ ἔφεδροσ ἐγὼ καὶ ἀντίδειπνοσ καὶ διάδοχοσ ἐκεκλήμην καὶ τὸ ἄχρι τοῦ λουτροῦ αἰῶνα μήκιστον ἐτιθέμην, συνεχὲσ ἐπισκοπῶν ὁποσάπουν τὸ στοιχεῖον εἰή καὶ πηνίκα ἤδη λοῦσθαι ^ δέοι. (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 9:5)
  • νυνὶ δ’ ἔμελλεν, ὡσ ἔφη Κλειδημίδησ, ἔφεδροσ καθεδεῖσθαι· (Aristophanes, Frogs, Episode 1:2)
  • περιιὼν δὴ ‐ βούλομαι γάρ σε Ἑλλανοδίκην ἀντὶ θεατοῦ ποιῆσαι ‐ ἐπισκοπεῖσ τὰ γράμματα, καὶ οὐ πρότερον, οἶμαι, μάθοισ ἂν ὅστισ ὁ ἔφεδρόσ ἐστιν, ἢν μὴ ἐπὶ πάντασ ἔλθῃσ καὶ συζεύξῃσ αὐτούσ. (Lucian, 87:4)
  • Οὐ μὲν οὖν, ἀλλὰ σὺ ὁ Ἑλλανοδίκησ ἐθέλω εἰδέναι ὅ τι καὶ πράξεισ, πότερον αὐτίκα ἐρεῖσ ὅτι οὗτόσ ἐστιν ὁ ἔφεδροσ, ἢ δεήσει ἐπὶ πάντασ ἐν κύκλῳ ἐλθόντα ἰδεῖν εἴ που αὐτῷ γράμμα ὅμοιόν ἐστιν; (Lucian, 88:3)
  • ἐπὶ γοῦν τῶν ἐννέα ἢν τὸ Ε εὑρ́ω πρῶτον ἢ δεύτερον, οἶδα ὅτι ἔφεδροσ ὁ τοῦτο ἔχων ἐστί. (Lucian, 88:6)

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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