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

  • χρησμὸσ Πυθίασ ἔστι τισ Ἀρκαδίησ Τεγέη λευρῷ ἐνὶ χώρῳ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 14, chapter 781)
  • ἔνθα δέ οἱ πολύκαρποσ ἀλωὴ ἐρρίζωται, τῆσ ἕτερον μὲν θειλόπεδον λευρῷ ἐνὶ χώρῳ τέρσεται ἠελίῳ, ἑτέρασ δ’ ἄρα τε τρυγόωσιν, ἄλλασ δὲ τραπέουσι· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 7 10:9)
  • καὶ ἔχρησεν οὕτωσ, ἔστι τισ Ἀρκαδίασ Τεγέη λευρῷ ἐνὶ χώρῳ, ἔνθ’ ἄνεμοι πνείουσι δύω κρατερῆσ ὑπ’ ἀνάγκησ καὶ τύποσ ἀντίτυποσ καὶ πῆμ’ ἐπὶ πήματι κεῖται. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, fragmenta libri ix, chapter 35 12:2)
  • "ἔστι τισ Ἀρκαδίησ Τεγέη λευρῷ ἐνὶ χώρῳ, ἔνθ’ ἄνεμοι πνείουσι δύω κρατερῆσ ὑπ’ ἀνάγκησ, καὶ τύποσ ἀντίτυποσ, καὶ πῆμ’ ἐπὶ πήματι κεῖται. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 67 5:1)

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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