Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

λαιψηρός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λαιψηρός λαιψηρή λαιψηρόν

Structure: λαιψηρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = ai)yhro/s

Sense

  1. light, nimble, swift, swiftly

Examples

  • λαιψηροῖσ δὲ πόδεσσιν ἄφαρ ἐξικέσθαν, καὶ μέγα ἔργον ἐμήσαντ’ ὠκέωσ, καὶ πάθον δεινὸν παλάμαισ Ἀφαρητίδαι Διόσ. (Pindar, Odes, nemean odes, nemean 10 21:3)
  • ἥ μ’ ἔφατο Τρώων ὑπὸ τείχεϊ θωρηκτάων λαιψηροῖσ ὀλέεσθαι Ἀπόλλωνοσ βελέεσσιν. (Homer, Iliad, Book 21 21:5)

Synonyms

  1. light

Related

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

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