Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κραιπνός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κραιπνός κραιπνή κραιπνόν

Structure: κραιπν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. rapid, rushing
  2. hasty, rash

Examples

  • ἐπὶ δὲ σχεδὸν υἱέε δοιὼ Θρηικίου Βορέαο κατ’ αἰθέροσ ἀίξαντε οὐδῷ ἔπι κραιπνοὺσ ἔβαλον πόδασ· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 7:18)
  • οὔπω πείσματα νηὸσ ἐπ’ ἠπείροιο περαίησ βάλλον, ὁ δὲ κραιπνοὺσ χέρσῳ πόδασ ἧκεν Ιἤσων ὑψοῦ ἀπ’ ἰκριόφιν· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 2:14)

Synonyms

  1. rapid

  2. hasty

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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