Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐρατός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐρατός ἐρατή ἐρατόν

Structure: ἐρατ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)ra/w

Sense

  1. lovely, charming
  2. beloved

Examples

  • ἐρατὸν γένοσ εἰπὲ καὶ ἡμῖν. (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 1127)
  • ἐν μὲν γὰρ θαλίησ ἐρατὸν μέροσ ἀγλαίησ τε, ἐν δὲ χοροιτυπίησ, ἐν δ’ ἱμερτῆσ φιλότητοσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 4 3:2)
  • εὐανθὴσ ἅπασ τέθαλεν ὄλβοσ, ὀδμὰ δ’ ἐρατὸν κατὰ χῶρον κίδναται αἰεὶ θύα μιγνύντων πυρὶ τηλεφανεῖ παντοῖα θεῶν ἐπὶ βωμοῖσ. (Plutarch, Consolatio ad Apollonium, chapter, section 35 2:1)
  • Ἀρχίλοχοσ γοῦν ἀγαθὸσ ὢν ποιητὴσ πρῶτον ἐκαυχήσατο τῷ δύνασθαι μετέχειν τῶν πολιτικῶν ἀγώνων, δεύτερον δὲ ἐμνήσθη τῶν περὶ τὴν ποιητικὴν ὑπαρχόντων αὐτῷ, λέγων εἰμὶ δ’ ἐγὼ θεράπων μὲν Ἐνυαλίοιο ἄνακτοσ, καὶ Μουσέων ἐρατὸν δῶρον ἐπιστάμενοσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 23 4:1)
  • ἁλίου δελφῖνοσ ὑπόκρισιν τὸν μὲν ἀκύμονοσ ἐν πόντου πελάγει αὐλῶν ἐκίνησ1’ ἐρατὸν μέλοσ. (Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, chapter, section 36 6:1)

Synonyms

  1. lovely

  2. beloved

Related

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

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