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λαίθαργος?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: laithargos

Principal Part: λαίθαργος λαίθαργον

Structure: λαιθαργ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: λαθεῖν

Sense

  1. biting secretly

Examples

  • Αἰγεΐδη φράσσαι κυναλώπεκα, μή σε δολώσῃ, λαίθαργον ταχύπουν, δολίαν κερδὼ πολύιδριν. (Aristotle, Episode 2:7)

Synonyms

  1. biting secretly

Similar forms

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

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