Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κατάρατος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κατάρατος κατάρατον

Structure: καταρατ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: katara/omai

Sense

  1. accursed, abominable

Examples

  • "οἱ κατάρατοι δὲ οὗτοι μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ χρηστήριον, οἶμαι, καὶ ἄδυτον ἐπὶ τῇ πυρᾷ μηχανήσονται, διότι καὶ Πρωτεὺσ ἐκεῖνοσ ὁ Διόσ, ὁ προπάτωρ τοῦ ὀνόματοσ, μαντικὸσ ἦν. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 9:87)
  • "βαρύνεται γὰρ ἡ ἀθλία τὴν γαστέρα καὶ σχεδὸν ὡσ ἐπίτεξ ἐστὶν οἱ δὲ κατάρατοι οὗτοι καὶ ἀπειθεῖσ οἰκέται οὐχ; (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 34:4)
  • τάλαιναι κόραι τάλαιναι Φρυγῶν, ὦ κατάρατοι, ποῖ καί με φυγᾷ πτώσσουσι μυχῶν; (Euripides, Hecuba, episode, lyric4)
  • τίνεσ ἐστέ, ὦ κατάρατοι; (Lucian, Timon, (no name) 34:1)

Synonyms

  1. accursed

Related

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

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