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εὔστροφος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὔστροφος

Structure: εὐστροφ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: stre/fw

Sense

  1. well-twisted
  2. easily turning, active, nimble

Examples

  • Καῖσαρ δὲ οὐ πρὸσ ὕψοσ οὐδὲ ὄγκον ἐπιδεικτικῶσ πεπηγυίαισ ναυσίν, εὐστρόφοισ δὲ καὶ ταχείαισ καὶ πεπληρωμέναισ ἀκριβῶσ ἐξηρτυμένον ἐν Τάραντι καὶ Βρεντεσίῳ συνέχων τὸ ναυτικόν, ἔπεμπε πρὸσ Ἀντώνιον ἀξιῶν μὴ διατρίβειν τὸν χρόνον, ἀλλ’ ἔρχεσθαι μετὰ τῶν δυνάμεων· (Plutarch, Antony, chapter 62 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. well-twisted

  2. easily turning

Related

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

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