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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

  • στῆσον, φόβου μεθεῖσα, λαιψηρὸν πόδα. (Euripides, Helen, episode, dialogue19)
  • ἔνθ’ Ἀλεξίδαμοσ, ἐπεὶ φύγε λαιψηρὸν δρόμον, παρθένον κεδνὰν χερὶ χειρὸσ ἑλὼν ἆγεν ἱππευτᾶν Νομάδων δι’ ὅμιλον. (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 9 36:2)
  • ὣσ αἰεὶ Ἀχιλῆα κιχήσατο κῦμα ῥόοιο καὶ λαιψηρὸν ἐόντα· (Homer, Iliad, Book 21 20:16)

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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