Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐμπίς

Third declension Noun; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐμπίς ἐμπίδος

Structure: ἐμπιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. a mosquito, gnat

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ὁρῶ κακοδαίμονα καὶ ἀνόητον ἄνθρωπον οὐδὲ νῦν πολὺ τῆσ σίλφησ ἢ ἐμπίδοσ ἄμεινον βιοῦντα. (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 31:2)
  • ἦ μέγ’ ὦ Ζεῦ χρῆμ’ ἰδεῖν τῆσ ἐμπίδοσ ἔνεστί σοι. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Choral, trochees17)
  • τί δῆτ’ ἐκεῖνοσ εἶπε περὶ τῆσ ἐμπίδοσ; (Aristophanes, Clouds, Prologue 5:24)
  • ἔφασκεν εἶναι τοὔντερον τῆσ ἐμπίδοσ στενόν· (Aristophanes, Clouds, Prologue 5:25)
  • ἦ ῥᾳδίωσ φεύγων ἂν ἀποφύγοι δίκην ὅστισ δίοιδε τοὔντερον τῆσ ἐμπίδοσ. (Aristophanes, Clouds, Prologue 5:30)

Synonyms

  1. a mosquito

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

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION