Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

λευρός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λευρός λευρή λευρόν

Structure: λευρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: lei=os

Sense

  1. smooth, level, even
  2. smooth, polished

Examples

  • δεῦρ’ ἐσ τὸ λευρὸν πέδον ἴχνοσ τιθεῖσ’ ἐμόν, πρόβαινε, μὴ σφαλῶμεν· (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode3)
  • λευρὸν γὰρ οἷμον αἰθέροσ ψαίρει πτεροῖσ τετρασκελὴσ οἰωνόσ· (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, episode, anapests 5:15)
  • λευρὸν κατ’ ἄλσοσ νῦν ἐπιστρέφου τόδε. (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, episode 2:16)
  • εἰ γὰρ ἦν ἓ τὰν ἀλάθειαν ἰδέμεν, οὔ κεν ὅπλων χολωθεὶσ ὁ καρτερὸσ Αἰάσ ἔπαξε διὰ φρενῶν λευρὸν ξίφοσ· (Pindar, Odes, nemean odes, nemean 7 7:4)
  • ἐπὶ ἑξαμέτρῳ ἑνδεκασύλλαβον χάλκεα ἔργα, λέγοισθε θοῆσ ἐπινίκια πώλου, ἥτισ κεντροραγὴσ βαλοῦσα παῖδα, ψιλὴ λευρὸν ἔθυσε περὶ δρόμον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 13, chapter 181)

Synonyms

  1. smooth

  2. smooth

Related

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

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