Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἔφυδρος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔφυδρος ἔφυδρᾱ ἔφυδρον

Structure: ἐφυδρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: u(/dwr

Sense

  1. wet, moist, rainy
  2. well-watered

Examples

  • ταῦτα δὲ χρὴ ἐνθυμεῖσθαι ὡσ κάλλιστα καὶ τῶν ὑδάτων πέρι ὡσ ἔχουσι, καὶ πότερον ἑλώδεσι χρέονται καὶ μαλθακοῖσιν ἢ σκληροῖσί τε καὶ ἐκ μετεώρων καὶ πετρωδέων εἴτε ἁλυκοῖσι καὶ ἀτεράμνοισιν‧ καὶ τὴν γῆν, πότερον ψιλή τε καὶ ἄνυδροσ ἢ δασεῖα καὶ ἔφυδροσ καὶ εἴτε ἔγκοιλόσ ἐστι καὶ πνιγηρὴ εἴτε μετέωροσ καὶ ψυχρή‧ καὶ τὴν δίαιταν τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ὁκοίῃ ἥδονται, πότερον φιλοπόται καὶ ἀριστηταὶ καὶ ἀταλαίπωροι ἢ φιλογυμνασταί τε καὶ φιλόπονοι καὶ ἐδωδοὶ καὶ ἄποτοι. (Hippocrates, Hippocrates Collected Works I, , i.5)
  • νὺξ δ’ ἄρ’ ἐπῆλθε κακὴ σκοτομήνιοσ, ὑε͂ δ’ ἄρα Ζεὺσ πάννυχοσ, αὐτὰρ ἀή Ζέφυροσ μέγασ αἰὲν ἔφυδροσ. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 14 39:1)
  • ἕτερον τοίνυν λουτρὸν ἐν Σμύρνῃ προσετάχθη χειμῶνοσ ἱσταμένου, ἔδει δὲ πορευθέντα πρὸσ τὰσ πηγὰσ τὰσ θερμὰσ τῷ μὲν θερμῷ ὕδατι μὴ χρῆσθαι, τῷ δὲ παραρρέοντι ποταμῷ, καὶ ἦν ἡμέρα πᾶσα ἔφυδρόσ τε καὶ ψυχρὰ καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ τοσοῦτον διέλιπεν ὅσον ἀρκέσαι τῇ πορείᾳ· (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 12:1)

Synonyms

  1. wet

  2. well-watered

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

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