Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • "οὕτω τὰσ ψυχὰσ αἱ μὲν ἐλαφραὶ ζητήσεισ ἐμμελῶσ καὶ ὠφελίμωσ κινοῦσιν, ἐριδαντέων δὲ κατὰ Δημόκριτον καὶ ἱμαντελικτέων λόγουσ ἀφετέον, οἳ αὐτούσ τε κατατείνουσιν ἐν πράγμασι γλίσχροισ καὶ δυσθεωρήτοισ τούσ τε παρατυγχάνοντασ ἀνιῶσι· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 1, 12:3)

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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