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καπυρός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: καπυρός καπυρή καπυρόν

Structure: καπυρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. dried by the air, dry
  2. drying, parching
  3. loud, loud, clear-sounding, clearly

Examples

  • μουσικόσ τε γάρ εἰμι καὶ συρίζω πάνυ καπυρόν, καὶ ὁ Διόνυσοσ οὐδὲν ἐμοῦ ἄνευ ποιεῖν δύναται, ἀλλὰ ἑταῖρον καὶ θιασώτην πεποίηταί με, καὶ ἡγοῦμαι αὐτῷ τοῦ χοροῦ· (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 6:2)
  • καπυρὰ τρώγων κάρυ’, ἀμυγδάλασ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 38 1:1)
  • ἀλλά μέ τισ καπυρὰ νόσοσ ἐξεσάλαξε, κείμαν δ’ ἐν κλιντῆρι δέκ’ ἄματα καὶ δέκα νύκτασ. (Theocritus, Idylls, 64)
  • ἁ δὲ καὶ αὐτόθε τοι διαθρύπτεται, ὡσ ἀπ’ ἀκάνθασ ταὶ καπυραὶ χαῖται, τὸ καλὸν θέροσ ἁνίκα φρύγει· (Theocritus, Idylls, 10)
  • καὶ γὰρ ἐγὼ Μοισᾶν καπυρὸν στόμα, κἠμὲ λέγοντι πάντεσ ἀοιδὸν ἄριστον· (Theocritus, Idylls, 20)

Synonyms

  1. dried by the air

  2. drying

  3. loud

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

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