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ἐπιστρεφής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιστρεφής ἐπιστρεφές

Structure: ἐπιστρεφη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: from e)pistre/fw

Sense

  1. turning one's eyes or mind, attentive
  2. earnest, vehement, earnestly, sharply

Examples

  • καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺσ τῷ Σαδὼκ τῷ ἱερεῖ. ἴδετε, σὺ ἐπιστρέφεισ εἰσ τὴν πόλιν ἐν εἰρήνῃ, καὶ Ἀχιμάασ ὁ υἱόσ σου καὶ Ἰωνάθαν ὁ υἱὸσ Ἀβιάθαρ οἱ δύο υἱοὶ ὑμῶν μεθ’ ὑμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 15:27)
  • ὡσ πρὸσ τί πίστιν τήνδ’ ἄγαν ἐπιστρέφεισ; (Sophocles, Trachiniae, episode 5:3)

Similar forms

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

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