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γραώδης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: γραώδης γραώδες

Structure: γραωδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ei)=dos

Sense

  1. like an old woman

Examples

  • τοὺσ δὲ βεβήλουσ καὶ γραώδεισ μύθουσ παραιτοῦ. (PROS TIMOQEON A, chapter 4 8:1)
  • ἐκεῖνα δ’ οὐκ ὀρθῶσ, ἀφαιρούμενοσ αὐτὸν τὴν τοσαύτην πολυμάθειαν καὶ τὴν ποιητικὴν γραώδη μυθολογίαν ἀποφαίνων, ᾗ δέδοται πλάττειν, φησίν, ὃ ἂν αὐτῇ φαίνηται ψυχαγωγίασ οἰκεῖον. (Strabo, Geography, book 1, chapter 2 6:20)

Synonyms

  1. like an old woman

Similar forms

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

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