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ἐπεσβόλος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπεσβόλος ἐπεσβόλον

Structure: ἐπεσβολ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)/pos, ba/llw

Sense

  1. throwing words about, rash-talking, abusive, scurrilous

Examples

  • γλυκερὴ δ’ ἀνεδαίετο τοῖσιν κερτομίη καὶ νεῖκοσ ἐπεσβόλον. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 27:41)
  • ναὶ τάχα καὶ πέμπτοιο χάρισ θέλξειεν ἀέθλου, ὁππόθι κερτομέοντεσ ἐπεσβόλον ἦχον ἀοιδῆσ γράψαμεν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 4, chapter 3 25:1)
  • νῦν δὲ τόδε μέγ’ ἄριστον ἐν Ἀργείοισιν ἔρεξεν, ὃσ τὸν λωβητῆρα ἐπεσβόλον ἔσχ’ ἀγοράων. (Homer, Iliad, Book 2 25:8)

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

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