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εὐκαμπής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐκαμπής εὐκαμπές

Structure: εὐκαμπη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ka/mptw

Sense

  1. well-curved, curved
  2. easy to bend, flexible

Examples

  • λευκόσ τε γὰρ ἦν ἀκριβῶσ καὶ τὰ κέρατα εὐκαμπὴσ καὶ τὸ βλέμμα ἥμεροσ· (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, zephyrus and notus, chapter 2 1:1)
  • ἡ δὲ πτῆσισ οὔτε κατὰ τὰσ νυκτερίδασ εἰρεσίᾳ συνεχεῖ τῶν πτερῶν οὔτε κατὰ τὰσ ἀκρίδασ μετὰ πηδήματοσ οὔτε ὡσ οἱ σφῆκεσ μετὰ ῥοιζήματοσ, ἀλλ’ εὐκαμπὴσ πρὸσ ὅ τι ἂν μέροσ ὁρμήσῃ τοῦ ἀέροσ· (Lucian, Muscae Encomium, (no name) 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. well-curved

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

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