Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐπημοιβός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπημοιβός ἐπημοιβόν

Structure: ἐπημοιβ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)mei/bw

Sense

  1. alternating, crossing
  2. serving for change

Examples

  • οὐ γὰρ πολλαὶ χλαῖναι ἐπημοιβοί τε χιτῶνεσ ἐνθάδε ἕννυσθαι, μία δ’ οἰή φωτὶ ἑκάστῳ. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 14 46:5)
  • δοιοὶ δ’ ἔντοσθεν ὀχῆεσ εἶχον ἐπημοιβοί, μία δὲ κληὶ̈σ ἐπαρήρει. (Homer, Iliad, Book 12 34:7)

Synonyms

  1. alternating

  2. serving for change

Similar forms

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

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