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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

  • ἦν δέ τισ ἐν τῷ στρατοπέδῳ πάνυ ταραχώδησ καὶ στασιαστὴσ ἀνήρ, ὀξὺσ τῇ γνώμῃ προιδεῖν τι τῶν ἐσομένων ἐκ πολλοῦ, καὶ εἰπεῖν ὅ τι νοήσειεν ὡσ λάλοσ καὶ κωτίλοσ οὐκ ἀδύνατοσ, ὃσ ἐκαλεῖτο μὲν Λεύκιοσ Ιοὔνιοσ, ὁμώνυμοσ τῷ καταλύσαντι τοὺσ βασιλεῖσ, ἐκπληρῶσαι δὲ τὴν ὁμωνυμίαν βουλόμενοσ ἠξίου καὶ Βροῦτοσ ἐπικαλεῖσθαι. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books IV-VI, book 6, chapter 70 1:3)

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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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