Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ληθαργικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ληθαργικός ληθαργική ληθαργικόν

Structure: ληθαργικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from lh/qargos

Sense

  1. drowsy

Examples

  • τὸ δὲ πλῆθοσ ὁκόσον ἐπὶ ληθαργικῶν ἴσμεν· ξυντεκμαίρεσθαι δὲ καὶ τὴν ἡλικίην καὶ τὴν γνώμην τοῦ νοσέοντοσ , εἰ πιεῖν ἐσ πλεῦνασ ἡμέρασ ἑτοῖμοσ. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 177)

Synonyms

  1. drowsy

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

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