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καρτερός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: καρτερός καρτερή καρτερόν

Structure: καρτερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ka/rtos

Sense

  1. strong, staunch, stout, sturdy;, strong, the strongest
  2. possessed of, lord or master of
  3. steadfast, patient, obstinate
  4. strong, mighty, potent, of might, strongly contested, desperate, the extremity of, by force
  5. strong
  6. strongly, soundly

Examples

  • καὶ γὰρ ἀγκύραισ ἐχρῶντο μεγάλαισ ὑαλίναισ καρτεραῖσ. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 1 42:9)
  • διὰ δὲ τὸ βάροσ οὐ δυνάμενον ἐξᾶραι καὶ πέτεσθαι κατὰ τῆσ γῆσ ὠκέωσ ἀκροβατεῖ, καὶ διωκόμενον ὑπὸ τῶν ἱππέων τοῖσ ποσὶ τοὺσ ὑποπίπτοντασ λίθουσ οὕτωσ εὐτόνωσ ἀποσφενδονᾷ πρὸσ τοὺσ διώκοντασ ὥστε πολλάκισ καρτεραῖσ πληγαῖσ αὐτοὺσ περιπίπτειν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 2, chapter 50 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. strong

  2. possessed of

  3. steadfast

  4. strong

  5. strongly

Related

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

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