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ἐπαφρόδιτος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπαφρόδιτος ἐπαφρόδιτον

Structure: ἐπαφροδιτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: A)frodi/th

Sense

  1. lovely, charming
  2. Felix, favoured by Venus, fortune's favourite

Examples

  • ἐὰν δὲ μηδεμίαν ἡδονὴν μηδὲ ἀφροδίτην ὁ τῆσ λέξεωσ χαρακτὴρ ἔχῃ, δυσωπῶ καὶ ὑποπτεύω μήποτ’ οὐ Λυσίου ὁ λόγοσ καὶ οὐκ ἔτι βιάζομαι τὴν ἄλογον αἴσθησιν, οὐδ’ ἐὰν πάνυ δεινὸσ εἷναι τὰ γοῦν ἄλλα μοι δοκῇ καὶ περιττῶσ ἐξειργασμένοσ ὁ λόγοσ, τὸ μὲν εὖ γράφειν πολλοῖσ οἰόμενοσ ὑπάρχειν κατά τινασ καὶ ἄλλουσ ἰδίουσ λέξεωσ χαρακτῆρασ πολυειδὲσ γὰρ τοῦτο, τὸ δ’ ἡδέωσ καὶ κεχαρισμένωσ καὶ ἐπαφροδίτωσ Λυσίᾳ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 11 4:2)

Synonyms

  1. lovely

Related

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

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