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ἐχυρός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐχυρός ἐχυρή ἐχυρόν

Structure: ἐχυρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)/xw

Sense

  1. strong, secure, in safety
  2. trustworthy

Examples

  • οἱ μὲν γὰρ ἐξ ἐφόδου χωρεῖν ἠξίουν ἐπὶ τοὺσ ἅμα τῷ δικτάτορι καταλαβομένουσ τὸ ὄροσ, ἑώσ ἔτι ἦσαν αὐτοῖσ φοβεροί, οὐκ ἀσφαλείασ σημεῖον εἶναι νομίζοντεσ τὴν τῶν ἐχυρῶν κατάληψιν, ἀλλὰ δειλίασ· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books IV-VI, book 6, chapter 4 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. strong

  2. trustworthy

Related

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

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