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ἑτεραλκής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἑτεραλκής ἑτεραλκές

Structure: ἑτεραλκη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: a)lkh/

Sense

  1. giving strength to one of two, inclining to, was changing sides
  2. which decides the victory
  3. inclining first to one side then to the other, doubtful, ancipiti Marte pugnare

Examples

  • Ιἄνων γὰρ ἀπηύρα, Ιἄνων ναύφρακτοσ Ἄρησ ἑτεραλκὴσ νυχίαν πλάκα κερσάμενοσ δυσδαίμονά τ’ ἀκτάν. (Aeschylus, Persians, choral, strophe 21)
  • τοὺσ δ’ ἐν τῇ ναυμαχίῃ ταύτῃ ἑτεραλκέωσ ἀγωνιζομένουσ νὺξ ἐπελθοῦσα διέλυσε. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 8, chapter 11 4:1)

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

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