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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

  • οὐ γὰρ ἦν ὁ διαλύσων οὔτε λόγοσ ἐχυρὸσ οὔτε ὁρ́κοσ φοβερόσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, , chapter 33 2:3)
  • ἔστι δὲ οὐ μόνον τοῦ μὴ κλέπτεσθαι ἕνεκα τὸν σῖτον ἀγαθὸσ ὁ ἐχυρὸσ ἱππών, ἀλλ’ ὅτι καὶ ὅταν μὴ ἐκκομίζῃ τὸν σῖτον ὁ ἵπποσ φανερὸν γίγνεται. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 4 3:1)

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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