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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

  • ἐχρήσαντο δ’ αὐτῇ οἱ παλαιοὶ κατὰ τὴν ἀξίαν, ὥσπερ καὶ τοῖσ ἄλλοισ ἐπιτηδεύμασι πᾶσιν οἱ δὲ νῦν τὰ σεμνὰ αὐτῆσ παραιτησάμενοι, ἀντὶ τῆσ ἀνδρώδουσ ἐκείνησ καὶ θεσπεσίασ καὶ θεοῖσ φίλησ κατεαγυῖαν καὶ κωτίλην εἰσ τὰ θέατρα εἰσάγουσι. (Pseudo-Plutarch, De musica, section 151)

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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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