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ἐκμελής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐκμελής ἐκμελές

Structure: ἐκμελη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: me/los

Sense

  1. out of tune, dissonant

Examples

  • εἰ δὲ μή, ἀνάρμοστον αὐτοῖσ καὶ ἐκμελῆ τὸν βίον εἰκόσ ἐστι γίγνεσθαι. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 12:5)
  • ἡμεῖσ δὲ, ὦ ἄνδρεσ, παρὰ τὴν ὁδὸν τὴν ἐνταῦθα καὶ τὸν πλοῦν εὐχὴν ταύτην ἐποιησάμεθα, οὐκ ἄμουσον οὐδ’ ἐκμελῆ οὐδ’ ἄπο τῆσ τέχνησ, εἰ σωθείημεν, προσερεῖν ἐν τῷ μέσῳ τὴν πόλιν. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 1:3)

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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