Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἔμπνους

Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔμπνους

Etym.: from e)mpne/w

Sense

  1. with the breath in one, breathing, alive

Examples

  • ἔτι δὲ ἔμπνουσ ὑπάρχων καὶ πεπυρωμένοσ τοῖσ θυμοῖσ, ἐξαναστὰσ φερομένων κρουνηδὸν τῶν αἱμάτων καὶ δυσχερῶν ὄντων τῶν τραυμάτων, δρόμῳ τοὺσ ὄχλουσ διελθὼν καὶ στὰσ ἐπί τινοσ πέτρασ ἀπορρωγάδοσ, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 14:45)
  • ἀποτμηθεῖσα δὲ τὴν κεφαλὴν μυῖα ἐπὶ πολὺ ζῇ τῷ σώματι καὶ ἔμπνουσ ἐστίν. (Lucian, Muscae Encomium, (no name) 6:3)
  • ἔμπνουσ μέν εἰμι καὶ δέδορχ’ ἅπερ με δεῖ, αἰθέρα τε καὶ γῆν τόξα θ’ Ἡλίου τάδε . (Euripides, Heracles, episode, lyric 1:3)
  • ὃ δ’ ἦν ἔτ’ ἔμπνουσ, πρὸσ κασιγνήτην δ’ ἰδὼν γραῖάν τε μητέρ’ εἶπε Πολυνείκησ τάδε· (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode, lyric 5:8)
  • ἐγὼ δὲ ἑρμηνεύσω ἃν ἐκεῖνοσ ἔμπνουσ ὢν καὶ δυνάμενοσ εἶπεν νῦν πρὸσ ὑμᾶσ. (Plato, Epistles, Letter 8 21:1)

Synonyms

  1. with the breath in one

Related

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

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