Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐπίσσυτος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπίσσυτος ἐπίσσυτον ἐπισεύω

Structure: ἐπισσυτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)pe/ssumai,

Sense

  1. rushing, gushing, violent, sudden, rushing upon

Examples

  • ᾇτ’ ἐγὼ κατεύχομαι θεσπίσασα πρευμενῶσ ἐπισσύτουσ βίου τύχασ ὀνησίμουσ γαίασ ἐξαμβρῦσαι φαιδρὸν ἁλίου σέλασ. (Aeschylus, Eumenides, choral, strophe 12)
  • ἔμοιγε μὲν δὴ κλαυμάτων ἐπίσσυτοι πηγαὶ κατεσβήκασιν, οὐδ’ ἔνι σταγών. (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, episode, anapests 7:1)
  • πόθεν ἐπισσύτουσ θεοφόρουσ τ’ ἔχεισ ματαίουσ δύασ, τὰ δ’ ἐπίφοβα δυσφάτῳ κλαγγᾷ μελοτυπεῖσ ὁμοῦ τ’ ὀρθίοισ ἐν νόμοισ; (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, choral, antistrophe 64)

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

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