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γυμνός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: γυμνός γυμνή γυμνόν

Structure: γυμν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. naked, unclad
  2. unarmed, without armor, defenseless
  3. bare, uncovered
  4. stripped, destitute
  5. lightly clad
  6. mere

Examples

  • γυμνὰσ ἰδεῖν βούλομαι. (Lucian, Dearum judicium, (no name) 9:9)
  • λευκὴ μέν, οἱάν εἰκὸσ ἐκ κύκνου γεγενημένην, ἁπαλὴ δέ, ὡσ ἐν ᾠῷ τραφεῖσα, γυμνὰσ τὰ πολλὰ καὶ παλαιστική, καὶ οὕτω δή τι περισπούδαστοσ ὥστε καὶ πόλεμον ἀμφ’ αὐτῇ γενέσθαι, τοῦ Θησέωσ ἀώρον ἔτι ἁρπάσαντοσ. (Lucian, Dearum judicium, (no name) 14:3)
  • ὁ γῶν Μενέλαοσ τᾶσ Ἑλένασ τὰ μᾶλά πᾳ γυμνᾶσ παραϊδὼν ἐξέβαλ’, οἰῶ, τὸ ξίφοσ. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Prologue 4:20)
  • ναῦται δ’ ἐπευφήμησαν εὐχαῖσιν κόρησ παιᾶνα, γυμνὰσ ἐκ <πέπλων> ἐπωμίδασ κώπῃ προσαρμόσαντεσ ἐκ κελεύσματοσ. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode 7:10)
  • Τίμαιοσ δ’ ἐν τῇ πρώτῃ τῶν ἱστοριῶν καὶ τὰσ θεραπαίνασ φησὶ παρ’ αὐτοῖσ μέχρι οὗ ἂν αὐξηθῶσι γυμνὰσ διακονεῖσθαι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 38 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. naked

  2. bare

  3. mere

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