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γναμπτός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: γναμπτός

Structure: γναμπτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: gna/mptw

Sense

  1. curved, bent
  2. supple, pliant
  3. to be bent

Examples

  • οἳ δ’ ἐπεὶ οὖν λεχέων εὐποιήτων ἐπέβησαν, κόσμον μέν οἱ πρῶτον ἀπὸ χροὸσ εἷλε φαεινόν, πόρπασ τε γναμπτάσ θ’ ἕλικασ κάλυκάσ τε καὶ ὁρ́μουσ. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 15:4)
  • τῇσι παρ’ εἰνάετεσ χάλκευον δαίδαλα πολλά, πόρπασ τε γναμπτάσ θ’ ἕλικασ κάλυκάσ τε καὶ ὁρ́μουσ ἐν σπῆϊ γλαφυρῷ· (Homer, Iliad, Book 18 37:10)

Synonyms

  1. curved

  2. supple

  3. to be bent

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Derived

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

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