Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἠλεός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἠλεός ἠλεή ἠλεόν

Structure: ἠλε (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)la/omai

Sense

  1. astray, distraught, crazed, foolishly
  2. distracting, crazing

Examples

  • οἶνοσ γὰρ ἀνώγει ἠλεόσ, ὃσ τ’ ἐφέηκε πολύφρονά περ μάλ’ ἀεῖσαι καὶ θ’ ἁπαλὸν γελάσαι καὶ τ’ ὀρχήσασθαι ἀνῆκεν καὶ τι ἔποσ προέηκεν ὅπερ τ’ ἄρρητον ἄμεινον· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 82)
  • οἶνοσ γὰρ ἀνώγει ἠλεόσ, ὅσ τ’ ἐφέηκε πολύφρονά περ μάλ’ ἀεῖσαι καί θ’ ἁπαλὸν γελάσαι, καί τ’ ὀρχήσασθαι ἀνῆκε, καί τι ἔποσ προέηκεν ὅ περ τ’ ἄρρητον ἄμεινον. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 14 40:2)

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

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