Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐπαχθής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπαχθής ἐπαχθές

Structure: ἐπαχθη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: a)/xqos

Sense

  1. heavy, ponderous
  2. burdensome, annoying, grievous

Examples

  • ἤδη δὲ καὶ περὶ τοῦ ἀφεῖναι τὴν ἀρχὴν καὶ καταθέσθαι τὴν δυναστείαν ἐσκοπούμην, ὅπωσ μόνον ἀσφαλῶσ παύσαιτο ἄν τισ ἐννοῶν, ἐπεὶ τό γε ἄρχειν αὐτὸ καὶ πάντα πράττειν ἐπαχθὲσ ἤδη καὶ σὺν φθόνῳ καματηρὸν ἐδόκει μοι εἶναι· (Lucian, Phalaris, book 1 4:1)
  • ἐπαχθὲσ δὲ μηδεὶσ μηδὲν συνεπιστελλέτω μηδὲ ἐπαινείτω τὰ πεμπόμενα. (Lucian, Saturnalia, 2:8)
  • ὧν αἴτιον ἁπάντων τὸ ἀνομίλητον τοῦ τρόπου καὶ λίαν ὑπερήφανον καὶ αὔθαδεσ, ὃ καθ’ αὑτὸ μὲν ἐπαχθέσ ἐστι τοῖσ πολλοῖσ, τῷ δὲ φιλοτίμῳ προσὸν γίνεται παντάπασιν ἄγριον καὶ ἀπαραίτητον. (Plutarch, Comparison of Alcibiades and Coriolanus, chapter 4 5:1)
  • ἀλλ̓ ἐν καιρῷ τῷ προσήκοντι ἐπαινετέον καὶ μέτρον ἐπακτέον τῷ πράγματι, τὸ μὴ ἐπαχθὲσ τοῖσ ὕστερον ἀναγνωσομένοισ αὐτά, καὶ ὅλωσ πρὸσ τὰ ἔπειτα κανονιστέον τὰ τοιαῦτα, ἅπερ μικρὸν ὕστερον ἐπιδείξομεν. (Lucian, Quomodo historia conscribenda sit, chapter 92)
  • αἱ δὲ σώφρονεσ οὐδὲ αὐστηρὸν καὶ κατεγνυπωμένον ἐπαχθὲσ · (Plutarch, Amatorius, section 9 1:8)

Synonyms

  1. burdensome

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

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