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ἡμίθραυστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἡμίθραυστος ἡμίθραυστον

Structure: ἡμιθραυστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: qrau/w

Sense

  1. half-broken

Examples

  • αὐτὸσ δ’ οἰκείησ ὁ γέρων ἐπενήξατο βώλου ναυηγόσ, πάσησ ἐλπίδοσ ὀλλυμένησ, γείτονοσ ἡμίθραυστον ἐπ’ αὔλιον, ὦ πολύσ, εἴπασ, μόχθοσ ἐμόσ, πολιῆσ τ’ ἔργα περισσὰ χερόσ, ὕδωρ πᾶν ἐγένεσθε· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 5682)

Synonyms

  1. half-broken

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

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