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ἐπαρίστερος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπαρίστερος ἐπαρίστερον

Structure: ἐπαριστερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. towards the left, on the left hand
  2. lefthanded, awkward, gauche

Examples

  • εἶτα καὶ οἰναρίῳ κομψῶσ χρῆσθαι, μὴ εἰσ τὸ πολὺ πίνειν καὶ γὰρ περὶ τοῦτο ἐπαρίστεροι ἀσκηταί εἰσιν, ἀλλὰ πρῶτον εἰσ τὸ ἀποσχέσθαι, καὶ κορασιδίου ἀπέχεσθαι καὶ πλακουνταρίου. (Epictetus, Works, book 3, 10:3)

Synonyms

  1. towards the left

  2. lefthanded

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

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