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ἐπίρροθος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπίρροθος ἐπίρροθον

Structure: ἐπιρροθ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: Cf. e)pita/rroqos.

Sense

  1. hasting to the rescue, a helper, giving aid against
  2. bandied backwards and forwards, abusive

Examples

  • μακραὶ γὰρ ἐπίρροθοι εὐφρόναι εἰσίν. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 61:13)
  • ἀλλ’ ἄγεθ’ ὧδε καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐσ Ἑλλάδα μαιομένοισιν κῶασ ἄγειν χρύσειον ἐπίρροθοι ἄμμι πέλεσθε καὶ πλόου ἡγεμονῆεσ, ἐπεὶ Φρίξοιο θυηλὰσ στέλλομαι ἀμπλήσων, Ζηνὸσ χόλον Αἰολίδῃσιν. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 20:9)

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

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