Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἡμίφαυλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἡμίφαυλος ἡμίφαυλον

Structure: ἡμιφαυλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. half-knavish

Examples

  • πλὴν ἀλλὰ καὶ μοχθηροῖσ τισιν ἐντεύξῃ αὐτῶν ‐ χρὴ γάρ, οἶμαι, τἀληθῆ λέγειν ‐ ἐνίοισ δὲ ἡμισόφοισ καὶ ἡμιφαύλοισ. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 8:10)

Synonyms

  1. half-knavish

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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