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ἥμερος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἥμερος ἥμερᾱ ἥμερον

Structure: ἡμερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. tame, tamed, reclaimed
  2. cultivated
  3. civilised, gentle

Examples

  • τοιοῦτόσ τισ ἦν ὁ τρόποσ τῆσ φιλοσοφίασ αὐτοῦ, πρᾶοσ καὶ ἥμεροσ καὶ φαιδρόσ· (Lucian, (no name) 9:3)
  • λευκόσ τε γὰρ ἦν ἀκριβῶσ καὶ τὰ κέρατα εὐκαμπὴσ καὶ τὸ βλέμμα ἥμεροσ· (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, zephyrus and notus, chapter 2 1:1)
  • κἂν ἡ Φιλοσοφία δὲ πρὸσ τοὺσ λόγουσ ἐπικλασθεῖσα ‐ φύσει γὰρ ἥμεροσ καὶ πρᾶόσ ἐστιν ‐ ἀφεῖναι διαβουλεύηται αὐτόν, ἀλλ’ οὐ τὰ ἐμὰ ἐνδεήσει· (Lucian, Piscator, (no name) 24:2)
  • ἥμεροσ μέντοι καὶ φιλάνθρωποσ ἡ τοῦ Νομᾶ μοῦσα πρὸσ εἰρήνην καὶ δικαιοσύνην μεθαρμοσαμένου καὶ καταπραΰναντοσ ἐξ ἀκρατῶν καὶ διαπύρων ἠθῶν τοὺσ πολίτασ. (Plutarch, Comparison of Lycurgus and Numa, chapter 1 4:2)
  • "πᾶσα γὰρ χεδροπώδησ ἥμεροσ φύσισ ἐνσπέρματοσ ἣ μὲν ἑψήσεωσ ἕνεκα σπείρεται, οἱο͂ν ὁ κύαμοσ, πισόσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 71 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. tame

  2. cultivated

  3. civilised

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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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