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ἐπιδευής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιδευής ἐπιδευές

Structure: ἐπιδευη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: poet. and ionic for e)pideh/s,

Sense

  1. in need or want of, in want
  2. lacking, failing in, inferior to, too weak

Examples

  • ὅ γ’ οὐ βιότου ἐπιδευὴσ ζώει, ἀποφθιμένου δὲ διὰ κτῆσιν δατέονται χηρωσταί· (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 57:5)
  • ἔνθα μὲν οὔτε ἄναξ ἐπιδευὴσ οὔτε τι ποιμὴν τυροῦ καὶ κρειῶν οὐδὲ γλυκεροῖο γάλακτοσ, ἀλλ’ αἰεὶ παρέχουσιν ἐπηετανὸν γάλα θῆσθαι. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 4 11:6)
  • τηλοῦ γὰρ Λυκίη Ξάνθῳ ἔπι δινήεντι, ἔνθ’ ἄλοχόν τε φίλην ἔλιπον καὶ νήπιον υἱόν, κὰδ δὲ κτήματα πολλά, τὰ ἔλδεται ὅσ κ’ ἐπιδευήσ. (Homer, Iliad, Book 5 51:8)
  • τὴν ἄρ’ ὅ γε πρόσθε σχόμενοσ δύο δοῦρε τινάσσων βῆ ῥ’ ἴμεν ὥσ τε λέων ὀρεσίτροφοσ, ὅσ τ’ ἐπιδευὴσ δηρὸν ἐῄ κρειῶν, κέλεται δέ ἑ θυμὸσ ἀγήνωρ μήλων πειρήσοντα καὶ ἐσ πυκινὸν δόμον ἐλθεῖν· (Homer, Iliad, Book 12 22:3)

Synonyms

  1. in need or want of

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

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