Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἡμιμόχθηρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἡμιμόχθηρος ἡμιμόχθηρον

Structure: ἡμιμοχθηρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. half-evil, half a villain

Examples

  • οὐ γὰρ ἂν ἀπείχοντο ἀλλήλων κομιδῇ ὄντεσ ἄδικοι, ἀλλὰ δῆλον ὅτι ἐνῆν τισ αὐτοῖσ δικαιοσύνη, ἣ αὐτοὺσ ἐποίει μήτοι καὶ ἀλλήλουσ γε καὶ ἐφ’ οὓσ ᾖσαν ἅμα ἀδικεῖν, δι’ ἣν ἔπραξαν ἃ ἔπραξαν, ὡρ́μησαν δὲ ἐπὶ τὰ ἄδικα ἀδικίᾳ ἡμιμόχθηροι ὄντεσ, ἐπεὶ οἵ γε παμπόνηροι καὶ τελέωσ ἄδικοι τελέωσ εἰσὶ καὶ πράττειν ἀδύνατοι ‐ ταῦτα μὲν οὖν ὅτι οὕτωσ ἔχει μανθάνω, ἀλλ’ οὐχ ὡσ σὺ τὸ πρῶτον ἐτίθεσο· (Plato, Republic, book 1 581:1)

Synonyms

  1. half-evil

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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