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λιτός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λιτός

Structure: λιτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: v. li/s2

Sense

  1. smooth, even, plane

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἄγ’, ὦ γεραιαί, στείχετε, γλαυκὴν χλόην αὐτοῦ λιποῦσαι, φυλλάδοσ καταστροφῇ θεούσ τε καὶ γῆν τήν τε πυρφόρον θεὰν Δήμητρα θέμεναι μάρτυρ’ ἡλίου τε φῶσ, ὡσ οὐδὲν ἡμῖν ἤρκεσαν λιταὶ θεῶν. (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 5:4)
  • ἢ γάρ σε λιταὶ διακωλύσουσ’ ὀρφανὸν εἶναι παιδὸσ μελέασ, ἢ δεῖ σ’ ἐπιδεῖν τύμβου προπετῆ φοινισσομένην αἵματι παρθένον ἐκ χρυσοφόρου δειρῆσ νασμῷ μελαναυγεῖ. (Euripides, Hecuba, choral, anapests 2:4)
  • καὶ γάρ τε λιταί εἰσι Διὸσ κοῦραι μεγάλοιο χωλαί τε ῥυσαί τε παραβλῶπέσ τ’ ὀφθαλμώ, αἵ ῥά τε καὶ μετόπισθ’ ἄτησ ἀλέγουσι κιοῦσαι. (Homer, Iliad, Book 9 27:7)
  • λιταὶ δὲ καὶ αἱ ταφαὶ καὶ μικρὰ χώματα· (Strabo, Geography, book 15, chapter 1 108:2)

Synonyms

  1. smooth

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