Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐσσύμενος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐσσύμενος ἐσσύμενη ἐσσύμενον

Structure: ἐσσυμεν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: part. perf. pass. of seu/w,

Sense

  1. hurrying, vehement, eager, impetuous, eager, yearning for
  2. hurriedly, furiously

Examples

  • τίπτε δεδάκρυσαι Πατρόκλεεσ, ἠύ̈τε κούρη νηπίη, ἥ θ’ ἅμα μητρὶ θέουσ’ ἀνελέσθαι ἀνώγει εἱανοῦ ἁπτομένη, καί τ’ ἐσσυμένην κατερύκει, δακρυόεσσα δέ μιν ποτιδέρκεται, ὄφρ’ ἀνέληται· (Homer, Iliad, Book 16 2:4)

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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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