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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

  • ὀρεστέρα παμβῶτι Γᾶ, μᾶτερ αὐτοῦ Διόσ, ἃ τὸν μέγαν Πακτωλὸν εὔχρυσον νέμεισ, σὲ κἀκεῖ, μᾶτερ πότνι’, ἐπηυδώμαν, ὅτ’ ἐσ τόνδ’ Ἀτρειδᾶν ὕβρισ πᾶσ’ ἐχώρει, ὅτε τὰ πάτρια τεύχεα παρεδίδοσαν, ἰὼ μάκαιρα ταυροκτόνων λεόντων ἔφεδρε, τῷ Λαρτίου σέβασ ὑπέρτατον. (Sophocles, Philoctetes, choral, strophe 11)

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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