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λιπαρός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λιπαρός λιπαρή λιπαρόν

Structure: λιπαρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: li/pos

Sense

  1. oily, shiny with oil
  2. oily, greasy
  3. shining, sleek, bright, smooth
  4. rich, comfortable, easy
  5. bright, brilliant, costly, splendid
  6. fat, rich, fruitful

Examples

  • "αὐτόματοι γὰρ διὰ τῶν τριόδων ποταμοὶ λιπαροῖσ ἐπιπάστοισ ζωμοῦ μέλανοσ καὶ Ἀχιλλείοισ μάζαισ κοχυδοῦντεσ ἐπιβλὺξ ἀπὸ τῶν πηγῶν τῶν τοῦ Πλούτου ῥεύσονται, σφῶν ἀρύτεσθαι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 81 1:157)
  • ποταμοὺσ δ’ οἳ διὰ χώρασ θελεμὸν πῶμα χέουσιν πολύτεκνοι, λιπαροῖσ χεύμασι γαίασ τόδε μειλίσσοντεσ οὖδασ. (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, choral, antistrophe 11)

Synonyms

  1. oily

  2. shining

  3. bright

  4. fat

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

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