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ἑλετός?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: heletos

Principal Part: ἑλετός ἑλετή ἑλετόν

Structure: ἑλετ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ἑλεῖν

Sense

  1. that can be taken or caught

Examples

  • "καί ἀνδρὸς δὲ ψυχὴ πάλιν ἐλθεῖν οὔτε λεϊστὴ οὔτε ἑλετή, ἐπεὶ ἄρ κεν ἀμείψεται ἑρ´κος ὀδόντων. (Plutarch, Non posse suaviter vivi secundum Epicurum, section 2612)
  • ληϊστοὶ μὲν γάρ τε βόες καὶ ἴφια μῆλα, κτητοὶ δὲ τρίποδές τε καὶ ἵππων ξανθὰ κάρηνα, ἀνδρὸς δὲ ψυχὴ πάλιν ἐλθεῖν οὔτε λεϊστὴ οὔθ ἑλετή, ἐπεὶ ἄρ κεν ἀμείψεται ἑρ´κος ὀδόντων. (Homer, Iliad, Book 9 23:17)

Synonyms

  1. that can be taken or caught

Related

명사

형용사

동사

부사

Similar forms

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

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