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γλίσχρος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: γλίσχρος γλίσχρᾱ γλίσχρον

Structure: γλισχρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: gli/xomai

Sense

  1. glutinous, sticky, clammy
  2. sticking close, importunate
  3. greedy, grasping, niggardly, with difficulty, hardly
  4. mean, shabby, meagre

Examples

  • "οὐ δεῖ δὲ θαυμάζειν, εἰ διὰ τοῦτό τινεσ ὗσ οὐκ ἐσθίουσιν, ἑτέρων ζῴων μείζονασ ἐπ’ αἰτίαισ γλίσχραισ, ἐνίων δὲ καὶ πάνυ γελοίαισ, τιμὰσ ἐχόντων παρὰ τοῖσ βαρβάροισ. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 4, 4:7)

Synonyms

  1. sticking close

Related

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

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