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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

  • ἕλκουσιν δ’ ὅμωσ γλισχρότατα σαρκάζοντεσ ὥσπερ κυνίδια, ὑπὸ τοῦ γε λιμοῦ νὴ Δί’ ἐξολωλότεσ. (Aristophanes, Peace, Choral, strophe 2 1:8)

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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