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λίχνος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: λίχνος λίχνη λίχνον

Structure: λιχν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: lei/xw

Sense

  1. dainty, lickerish, greedy
  2. curious

Examples

  • Λυκοῦργοσ γὰρ ὁ τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων νομοθέτησ δύο σκύλακασ τῶν αὐτῶν γονέων λαβὼν οὐδὲν ὁμοίωσ ἀλλήλοισ ἤγαγεν, ἀλλὰ τὸν μὲν λίχνον ἀπέφηνε καὶ σινάμωρον, τὸν δ’ ἐξιχνεύειν καὶ θηρᾶν δυνατόν. (Plutarch, De liberis educandis, section 4 17:2)
  • ὅ τι δ’ ἂν εὑρ́ωσιν ἀνδράποδον οἰνόληπτον καὶ λίχνον , πρὸσ πᾶσαν πραγματείαν ἄχρηστον, τούτῳ φέροντεσ ὑποβάλλουσι τοὺσ υἱούσ. (Plutarch, De liberis educandis, section 7 2:1)
  • ἓν καλὸν οἶδα τὸ πᾶν, ἕν μοι μόνον οἶδε τὸ λίχνον ὄμμα, Μυΐσκον ὁρᾶν τἆλλα δὲ τυφλὸσ ἐγώ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 1061)
  • ἐὰν μὲν γὰρ εἰσ λίχνον ἢ φιλάργυρον σκώψῃσ ἢ κίναιδον ἢ καθόλου πονηρὸν τὸν ἐπὶ τῇ σωφροσύνῃ κομῶντα καὶ τὴν ἀρετὴν ἐπιγεγραμμένον, ὅλον ἀπολώλεκασ. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 36:1)
  • λέγων τὸν μὲν ποιητὴν ἐκ τοῦ δαιτρεύειν πολλαχοῦ τῆσ ποιήσεωσ ὡσ ἂν εἰ γαστρίμαργον παρεμφαίνειν, τὸν δ’ Ἀριστοτέλην, ὀψαρτύοντα πλεονάκισ ἐν τοῖσ συγγράμμασιν, ὀψοφάγον εἶναι καὶ λίχνον. (Polybius, Histories, book 12, chapter 24 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. dainty

  2. curious

Related

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

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