Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • ἀκρίτου δ’ αὐτῆσ ἐσ δείλην ἑσπέραν ἔτι οὔσησ, καὶ πολλῶν πιπτόντων ἑκατέρωθεν, ἔσ τινα λόφον ὑψηλὸν μετὰ τριῶν τάξεων ἐφέδρων ἀνέδραμε, τὸ ἔργον ὁμοῦ πᾶν ἐποψόμενοσ. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 8 2:4)
  • ἐστρατοπέδευον δὲ καὶ Λακεδαιμόνιοι, κατὰ τὴν συμμαχίαν ἐξεληλυθότεσ, ἐπὶ τοῖσ τῶν Μεγαλοπολιτῶν ὁρ́οισ, ἐφέδρων καὶ θεωρῶν μᾶλλον ἢ συμμάχων ἔχοντεσ τάξιν. (Polybius, Histories, book 4, chapter 9 6:1)

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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