Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐκμελής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐκμελής ἐκμελές

Structure: ἐκμελη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: me/los

Sense

  1. out of tune, dissonant

Examples

  • ὁδὶ δὲ κραυγῇ μόνον καὶ ἀνοίᾳ διὰ δυστυχῆ φθόγγον καὶ κακὴν ἔγκλισιν καὶ τὰσ ἐκμελεῖσ καμπὰσ καὶ λήρουσ καὶ κυνισμοὺσ καὶ ὀλέθρουσ ἀκλεῶσ ἀπολλύμενοσ. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 65:4)

Synonyms

  1. out of tune

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

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