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λεπτολόγος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λεπτολόγος λεπτολόγον

Structure: λεπτολογ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: le/gw3

Sense

  1. speaking subtly, subtle, quibbling

Examples

  • χαίρει γὰρ οὐκ οἶδ’ ὅπωσ τὰ τοιαῦτα λεπτολογῶν καθάπερ οἱ τὴν ψώραν ἡδέωσ κνώμενοι, καὶ τὸ φρόντισμα ἡδὺ αὐτῷ δοκεῖ καὶ μέγα φρονεῖ ἢν λέγηται ὡσ οὐ παντὸσ ἀνδρόσ ἐστι συνιδεῖν ἃ περὶ τῶν ἰδεῶν ὀξυδορκεῖ. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 34:4)

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

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