Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐνέρτερος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐνέρτερος ἐνέρτερᾱ ἐνέρτερον

Structure: ἐνερτερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: comp. of e)/neroi,

Sense

  1. lower, of the world below, below

Examples

  • εἰ δέ τευ ἐξ ἄλλου γε θεῶν γένευ ὧδ’ ἀί̈δηλοσ καί κεν δὴ πάλαι ἦσθα ἐνέρτεροσ Οὐρανιώνων. (Homer, Iliad, Book 5 91:10)

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

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