Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἦκα

; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἦκα

Etym.: a)kh/ II

Sense

  1. slightly, a little, softly, gently
  2. stilly, softly, low
  3. softly, smoothly, soft
  4. by little and little

Examples

  • ὁ δ’ ἤπιον ὄμμα τανύσσασ ἦκα διακρίνειν πειρήσατο κάλλοσ ἑκάστησ. (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 167)
  • τμῆγε δὲ γογγυλίδοσ ῥίζασ καὶ ἀκαρφέα φλοιὸν ἦκα καθηράμενοσ λεπτουργέασ, ἠελίῳ δὲ αὐήνασ ἐπὶ τυτθὸν ὁτὲ ̓ν ζεστῷ ἀποβάπτων ὕδατι δριμείῃ πολέασ ἐμβάπτισον ἅλμῃ, ἄλλοτε δ’ αὖ λευκὸν γλεῦκοσ συστάμνισον ὄξει ἶσον ἴσῳ, τὰσ δ’ ἐντὸσ ἐπιστύψασ ἁλὶ κρύψαισ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 11 1:4)
  • ἰθύσασ δ’ ἄντρου ἐξίκετο πίονα νηὸν ἦκα ποσὶ προβιβῶν· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 15:6)
  • στῆ δ’ ἄρ’ ἐνὶ μέσσῃ ἀγορῇ, ἀνὰ δ’ ἔσχεθε δειρὴν ἦκα μόλισ κυφοῖο μεταφρένου, ὧδέ τ’ ἐείπεν· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 12:18)
  • ἦκα δὲ μειδήσασ, οἵ οἱ παρὰ ποσσὶν ἔκειντο, τοὺσ ἕλεν ἀπροφάτωσ· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 2:6)

Synonyms

  1. slightly

  2. stilly

  3. softly

  4. by little and little

Related

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

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