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ἐπίφορος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπίφορος ἐπίφορον

Structure: ἐπιφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)pife/rw

Sense

  1. carrying towards, favourable
  2. sloping
  3. near the time of bringing forth

Examples

  • "οὐδὲν οὖν ἄτοπον οὐδὲ θαυμαστόν, εἰ πάσασ, ὅσαι μουσικῆσ εἰσιν ἀρχαί, περιέχων ὁ ἔρωσ ἐν αὑτῷ καὶ συνειληφώσ, λύπην ἡδονὴν ἐνθουσιασμόν, τὰ τ’ ἄλλα φιλόφωνόσ ἐστι καὶ λάλοσ εἴσ τε ποίησιν μελῶν καὶ μέτρων, ὡσ οὐδὲν ἄλλο πάθοσ, ἐπίφοροσ καὶ κατάντησ. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 1, 13:14)

Synonyms

  1. sloping

Related

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

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