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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

  • τλάμον’ εὐνὰν αἰχμάλωτον ἀνδρὸσ εὐτυχοῦντοσ ὣσ δυσμενοῦσ ὑπερτέρου ἐλπίσ ἐστι νύκτερον τέλοσ μολεῖν, παγκλαύτων ἀλγέων ἐπίρροθον. (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, choral, antistrophe 35)
  • ἴσχω δ’ οὔτινα μῆτιν ἐπίρροθον. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 4:9)
  • ἀλλά τιν’ ἄλλην μῆτιν πορσύνωμεν ἐπίρροθον, εἴ γ’ ἐπικέλσαι μέλλετε, Φινῆοσ μεμνημένοι, ὡσ ἐπέτελλεν. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 17:28)
  • "Ὦ πόποι, ἦ ῥα γυναιξὶν ὁμόστολοι ἐνθάδ’ ἔβημεν, οἳ Κύπριν καλέουσιν ἐπίρροθον ἄμμι πέλεσθαι, οὐκέτ’ Ἐνυαλίοιο μέγα σθένοσ; (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 10:15)
  • οὐ νηούσ, οὐ πύργον ἐπίρροθον, οὐκ ἀλεωρὴν ἄλλην, οἰόθι δὲ προτιβάλλομαι ὑμέασ αὐτουσ. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 16:37)

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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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