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ἔκπαγλος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔκπαγλος ἔκπαγλον

Structure: ἐκπαγλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: metath. for e)/kplagos from e)kplh/ssw

Sense

  1. terrible, fearful
  2. terribly, vehemently, exceedingly
  3. marvellous, wondrous, marvellously

Examples

  • αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ πόσιοσ καὶ ἐδητύοσ ἐξ ἔρον ἕντο, μοῦσ’ ἄρ’ ἀοιδὸν ἀνῆκεν ἀειδέμεναι κλέα ἀνδρῶν, οἴμησ τῆσ τότ’ ἄρα κλέοσ οὐρανὸν εὐρὺν ἵκανε, νεῖκοσ Ὀδυσσῆοσ καὶ Πηλεί̈δεω Ἀχιλῆοσ, ὥσ ποτε δηρίσαντο θεῶν ἐν δαιτὶ θαλείῃ ἐκπάγλοισ ἐπέεσσιν, ἄναξ δ’ ἀνδρῶν Ἀγαμέμνων χαῖρε νόῳ, ὅ τ’ ἄριστοι Ἀχαιῶν δηριόωντο. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 8 7:7)
  • θυγατέρεσσιν γάρ τε καὶ υἱάσι βέλτερον εἰή ἐκπάγλοισ ἐπέεσσιν ἐνισσέμεν οὓσ τέκεν αὐτόσ, οἵ ἑθεν ὀτρύνοντοσ ἀκούσονται καὶ ἀνάγκῃ. (Homer, Iliad, Book 15 18:9)

Synonyms

  1. terrible

  2. terribly

  3. marvellous

Related

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

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