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κομπαστής

First declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κομπαστής κομπαστοῦ

Structure: κομπαστ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Etym.: kompa/zw

Sense

  1. a braggart

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • οἵ τε γὰρ πολλοὶ Πομπήϊον μὴ μακρὰν εἶναι τῆσ πόλεωσ ἐβούλοντο, καὶ Πομπήϊοσ ἐρῶν τῆσ γυναικὸσ αὐτόθι τὰ πολλὰ διατρίβειν ἔμελλε, Κράσσοσ δὲ ὑπὸ χαρᾶσ εὐθὺσ ἐκπεσόντι τῷ κλήρῳ καταφανὴσ ἦν οὐδὲν εὐτύχημα λαμπρότερον ἑαυτῷ γεγονέναι τοῦ παρόντοσ ἡγούμενοσ, ὡσ μόλισ ἐν ἀλλοτρίοισ καὶ πολλοῖσ ἡσυχίαν ἄγειν, πρὸσ δὲ τοὺσ συνήθεισ πολλὰ κενὰ καὶ μειρακιώδη λέγειν παρ’ ἡλικίαν τὴν ἑαυτοῦ καὶ φύσιν, ἥκιστα κομπαστὴσ ἢ σοβαρὸσ τῷ βίῳ γεγονώσ. (Plutarch, chapter 16 1:2)
  • ὁ δ’ ἐν Συρακούσαισ δημηγορῶν Ἑρμοκράτησ οὐκ ἄντικρύσ σοι κομπαστὴσ εἶναι δοκεῖ; (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 18:6)

Synonyms

  1. a braggart

Similar forms

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

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