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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

  • ὅπωσ γὰρ ἥκομεν, πρὸσ σοῦ τὰ δείν’ ἐκεῖν’ ἐπηπειλημένοι, πᾶσαν κόνιν σήραντεσ, ἣ κατεῖχε τὸν νέκυν, μυδῶν τε σῶμα γυμνώσαντεσ εὖ, καθήμεθ’ ἄκρων ἐκ πάγων ὑπήνεμοι, ὀσμὴν ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ μὴ βάλοι πεφευγότεσ, ἐγερτὶ κινῶν ἄνδρ’ ἀνὴρ ἐπιρρόθοισ κακοῖσιν, εἴ τισ τοῦδ’ ἀκηδήσοι πόνου. (Sophocles, Antigone, episode 1:2)

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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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