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ἐρῆμος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐρῆμος ἐρήμη ἐρῆμον

Structure: ἐρημ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. lonely, lonesome, solitary, (of places)
  2. (of persons or animals)
  3. (of conditions)

Examples

  • ἡ δὲ νῆσοσ ἀνθρώπων μὲν ἐρήμη ἐστίν, νέμεται δὲ αἰξὶν οὐ πολλαῖσ. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 21 3:1)
  • διὸ Αἴγισθοσ οὐ πρότερον διέφθειρε τὴν γυναῖκα πρὶν τὸν ἀοιδὸν ἀποκτεῖναι ἐν νήσῳ ἐρήμῃ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 24 1:3)
  • πόθον μὲν εἶναι Ἀλεξάνδρῳ ἐκπεριπλῶσαι τὴν θάλασσαν τὴν ἀπὸ Ἰνδῶν ἔστε ἐπὶ τὴν Περσικήν, ὀκνέειν δὲ αὐτὸν τοῦ τε πλόου τὸ μῆκοσ καὶ μή τινι ἄρα χώρῃ ἐρήμῃ ἐγκύρσασ ἢ ὁρ́μων ἀπόρῳ ἢ οὐ συμμέτρωσ ἐχούσῃ τῶν ὡρέων, οὕτω δὴ διαφθαρῇ αὐτῷ ὁ στόλοσ, καὶ οὐ φαύλη κηλὶσ αὕτη τοῖσιν ἔργοισιν αὐτοῦ τοῖσι μεγάλοισιν ἐπιγενομένη τὴν πᾶσαν εὐτυχίην αὐτῷ ἀφανίσῃ· (Arrian, Indica, chapter 20 1:2)
  • νῆσοσ δὲ ἐπῆν τῷ αἰγιαλῷ ἐρήμη. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 22 1:3)
  • νῆσοσ δὲ ἐπὶ τῷ λιμένι ὑψηλὴ καὶ ἐρήμη, καὶ περὶ ταύτην ὀστρέων τε καὶ ἰχθύων παντοδαπῶν θήρη. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 22 9:2)

Synonyms

  1. lonely

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