Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κλωπικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κλωπικός κλωπική κλωπικόν

Structure: κλωπικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: klw/y

Sense

  1. thievish, clandestine

Examples

  • τοῦτον δ’ ὃν ἵζειν φὴσ σὺ κλωπικὰσ ἕδρασ καὶ μηχανᾶσθαι, ζῶντα συλλαβὼν ἐγὼ πυλῶν ἐπ’ ἐξόδοισιν ἀμπείρασ ῥάχιν στήσω πετεινοῖσ γυψὶ θοινατήριον. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, iambic 2:16)

Synonyms

  1. thievish

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

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