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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

  • αλλ’ ὠσπερ δείπνου γλαφυροὺ ποικίλην εὐωχίαν τὸν ποιητὴν δεῖ παρεχειν τοῖσ θεαταῖσ ταν σοφόν, ἵν’ ἀπίῃ τισ τοῦτο λαβὼν καὶ φαγὼν, καὶ προσπιὼν ᾧ χαίρει, καὶ σκευασία μὴ μί’ ᾖ τῆσ μουσικῆσ, Ἀστυδάμασ ὁ τραγικὸσ ἐν Ἡρακλεῖ σατυρικῷ, ἑταῖρε, φησί, Τιμόκρατεσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 101)

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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