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ἔμπηρος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔμπηρος ἔμπηρον

Structure: ἐμπηρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)n

Sense

  1. crippled, maimed

Examples

  • τὸ δὲ ἂν χρυσίον ἐγίνετο ἀπὸ τῶν εὐειδέων παρθένων καὶ οὕτω αἱ εὔμορφοι τὰσ ἀμόρφουσ καὶ ἐμπήρουσ ἐξεδίδοσαν. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 196 4:2)
  • ὡσ γὰρ δὴ διεξέλθοι ὁ κῆρυξ πωλέων τὰσ εὐειδεστάτασ τῶν παρθένων ἀνίστη ἂν τὴν ἀμορφεστάτην, ἢ εἴ τισ αὐτέων ἔμπηροσ εἰή, καὶ ταύτην ἂν ἐκήρυσσε, ὅστισ θέλοι ἐλάχιστον χρυσίον λαβὼν συνοικέειν αὐτῇ, ἐσ ὃ τῷ τὸ ἐλάχιστον ὑπισταμένῳ προσέκειτο. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 196 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. crippled

Related

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

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