Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἡσσάομαι

α-contract Verb; 이상동사 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἡσσάομαι

Structure: ἡσσά (Stem) + ομαι (Ending)

Etym.: Note that middle forms such as h(tth/somai can have passive sense.

Sense

  1. to be less than another, inferior to, to yield to the power of, he had proved inferior
  2. to be defeated, discomfited, worsted, beaten
  3. to give way, yield, to be a slave to, to be overcome by

Examples

  • ἐφοβοῦντο γὰρ ἐγγὺσ ὄντασ οἱ Θηβαῖοι τοὺσ Ὀρχομενίουσ καί τὴν διαδοχὴν τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων, ὅσον δὲ νικῆσαι κατὰ κράτοσ καί διεξελθεῖν διὰ παντὸσ ἡσσωμένου τοῦ στρατεύματοσ, ἐξεβιάσαντο· (Plutarch, Pelopidas, chapter 17 4:2)

Synonyms

  1. to give way

Derived

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

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