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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

  • τὸ γὰρ σκοτεινὸν τῶν ἐνερτέρων βέλοσ ἐκ προστροπαίων ἐν γένει πεπτωκότων, καὶ λύσσα καὶ μάταιοσ ἐκ νυκτῶν φόβοσ ὁρῶντα λαμπρὸν ἐν σκότῳ νωμῶντ’ ὀφρὺν κινεῖ, ταράσσει, καὶ διώκεσθαι πόλεωσ χαλκηλάτῳ πλάστιγγι λυμανθὲν δέμασ. (Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, episode 12:9)

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

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