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κυρτός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κυρτός κυρτή κυρτόν

Structure: κυρτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. curved, arched, round, humped

Examples

  • ταῦτα σαγηναίοιο λίνου δηναιὰ Πριήπῳ λείψανα καὶ κύρτουσ Φιντύλοσ ἐκρέμασεν, καὶ γαμψὸν Χαίτῃσιν ἐφ’ ἱππείῃσι πεδηθὲν ἄγκιστρον, κρυφίην εἰναλίοισι πάγην, καὶ δόνακα τριτάνυστον, ἀβάπτιστόν τε καθ’ ὕδωρ φελλόν, ἀεὶ κρυφίων σῆμα λαχόντα βόλων· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 1921)
  • κύρτουσ δὴ καὶ δίκτυα καὶ βρόχουσ καὶ πόρκουσ καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα μῶν ἄλλο τι πλὴν ἑρ́κη χρὴ προσαγορεύειν; (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 27:3)

Synonyms

  1. curved

Related

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

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