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ἐπιπόλαιος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιπόλαιος ἐπιπόλαιον

Structure: ἐπιπολαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from e)pipolh/

Sense

  1. on the surface, superficial, superficial, common-place
  2. prominent

Examples

  • ἄν γὰρ μὴ πολὺσ ἀλλ’ ἐπιπόλαιοσ ὁ πάγοσ ᾖ, αἰσθανόμεναι τῷ ψόφῳ τοῦ ὑπορρέοντοσ ὕδατοσ ἀναστρέφουσιν ἔνιοι δὲ καὶ θηρεύουσιν ἰχθῦσ, ὕδατι θερμῷ τοῦ πάγου παραλύοντεσ καὶ χαλῶντεσ; (Plutarch, De primo frigido, chapter, section 12 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. prominent

Related

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

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