Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • ἀλλ’ ὀλοῷ Ἀχιλῆϊ θεοὶ βούλεσθ’ ἐπαρήγειν, ᾧ οὔτ’ ἂρ φρένεσ εἰσὶν ἐναίσιμοι οὔτε νόημα γναμπτὸν ἐνὶ στήθεσσι, λέων δ’ ὣσ ἄγρια οἶδεν, ὅσ τ’ ἐπεὶ ἂρ μεγάλῃ τε βίῃ καὶ ἀγήνορι θυμῷ εἴξασ εἶσ’ ἐπὶ μῆλα βροτῶν ἵνα δαῖτα λάβῃσιν· (Homer, Iliad, Book 24 3:8)

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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