Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

γλαφυρός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: γλαφυρός γλαφυρά γλαφυρόν

Structure: γλαφυρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: gla/fw

Sense

  1. hollow, hollowed, a deep
  2. polished, finished, subtle, critical, nice, exact

Examples

  • ταῦτα δὴ συνιδὼν καὶ τῆσ μὲν αὐστηρᾶσ τὸ καλὸν ὑπολαβὼν εἶναι τέλοσ, τῆσ δὲ γλαφυρᾶσ τὸ ἡδύ, ἐζήτει, τίνα ποιητικὰ τοῦ κάλλουσ ἐστὶ καὶ τίνα τῆσ ἡδονῆσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, chapter 475)
  • ͂̓Ηλθε καὶ ἐσ Μίλητον ὁ τοῦ Παιήονοσ υἱόσ, ἰητῆρι νόσων ἀνδρὶ συνοισόμενοσ Νικίᾳ, ὅσ μιν ἐπ’ ἦμαρ ἀεὶ θυέεσσιν ἱκνεῖται, καὶ τόδ’ ἀπ’ εὐώδουσ γλύψατ’ ἄγαλμα κέδρου, Ἠετίωνι χάριν γλαφυρᾶσ χερὸσ ἄκρον ὑποστὰσ μισθόν· (Theocritus, Idylls1)
  • Ηἐτίωνι χάριν γλαφυρᾶσ χερὸσ ἄκρον ὑποστὰσ μισθὸν ὁ δ’ εἰσ ἔργον πᾶσαν ἀφῆκε τέχναν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 337 1:1)
  • καὶ πάλιν αὐτὰρ ὁ Ταλθύβιον προίει κρείων Ἀγαμέμνων νῆασ ἐπὶ γλαφυρὰσ ἰέναι ἠδ’ ἄρν’ ἐκέλευσεν οἰσέμεναι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 79 3:1)
  • τοὺσ μὲν σὺν νήεσσιν ἄγων πολέασ τε καὶ ἐσθλοὺσ ὤλεσε μὲν νῆασ γλαφυράσ, ἀπὸ δ’ ὤλεσε λαούσ· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 24 45:2)

Synonyms

  1. hollow

Related

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

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