Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐμμελής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐμμελής ἐμμελές

Structure: ἐμμελη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: e)n, me/los

Sense

  1. sounding in unison, in tune or time, harmonious
  2. in tune or harmony, orderly, suitable, proper, graceful, elegant
  3. harmoniously, suitably, decorously

Examples

  • καὶ τῶν ἐμμελῶν διαστημάτων οἱ Πυθαγορικοὶ τὸν τόνον ἐν τούτῳ τῷ ἀριθμῷ τάττουσι διὸ καὶ τὰ τρισκαίδεκα λεῖμμα καλοῦσιν ἀπολείπει γὰρ μονάδι τοῦ ἡμίσεοσ. (Plutarch, De animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 14 2:1)
  • διά τε δὴ τοῦτο τῶν ἐμμελῶν καὶ προσηκόντων ἐλευθέρῳ παιδὶ μαθημάτων ἀπαίδευτοσ δοκεῖ γενέσθαι καὶ διά τὴν τοῦ σώματοσ ἀσθένειαν καὶ θρύψιν, οὐ προϊεμένησ τοῖσ πόνοισ τῆσ μητρὸσ αὐτὸν, οὐδὲ προσβιαζομένων τῶν παιδαγωγῶν. (Plutarch, Demosthenes, chapter 4 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. sounding in unison

  2. harmoniously

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

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