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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

  • οἱᾶ βλέπεισ, ὁπποῖα λαλεῖσ, ὡσ ἄγρια παίσδεισ, ὡσ τρυφέρ’ αἰκάλλεισ, ὡσ κωτίλα ῥήματα φράσδεισ· (Theocritus, Idylls, 6)
  • ἐσβέσθη δὲ τὰ φίλτρα τὰ κωτίλα, χὠ μετ’ ἀοιδῆσ ψαλμὸσ, καὶ κυλίκων αἱ λαμυραὶ προπόσεισ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 2212)

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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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