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κωτίλος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κωτίλος κωτίλη κωτίλον

Structure: κωτιλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from kwti/llw

Sense

  1. twittering, chattering, prattling, babbling
  2. lively, expressive

Examples

  • ἆρά γε ἀπαιτήσει μέ τισ ἐνταυθοῖ λόγον μελῶν τε καὶ ῥυθμῶν καὶ τῶν ἐν ταῖσ μεταβολαῖσ σχημάτων καὶ τοῦ ἐν ἑκάστῳ πρέποντοσ, ἀξιῶν ἀκοῦσαι, τίνα τε αὐτῶν ἐστιν, οἷσ ἡ φιλάρχαιοσ ἁρμονία κοσμεῖται, καὶ τίνα τῆσ κωτίλησ γένοιτ’ ἂν ἁρμονίασ; (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, chapter 491)

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

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