Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κέρτομος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κέρτομος κέρτομον

Structure: κερτομ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ke/ar, te/mnw

Sense

  1. heart-cutting, stinging, reproachful, abusive
  2. mocking, delusive

Examples

  • φιλέοι δ’ ὅ γε κέρτομα βάζειν ψεύδεά θ’ αἱμυλίουσ τε λόγουσ κρυφίουσ τ’ ὀαρισμούσ. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 95:5)

Synonyms

  1. heart-cutting

Related

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

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