Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μαίομαι

Non-contract Verb; 이상동사 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μαίομαι

Structure: μαί (Stem) + ομαι (Ending)

Etym.: Ma/w

Sense

  1. to seek
  2. to endeavour, strive
  3. to search, examine
  4. to seek after, seek for, to seek

Examples

  • Ζηνὶ δ’ ἄρ’ Ἀτλαντὶσ Μαίη τέκε κύδιμον Ἑρμῆν, κήρυκ’ ἀθανάτων, ἱερὸν λέχοσ εἰσαναβᾶσα. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 95:1)

Synonyms

  1. to seek

  2. to search

  3. to seek after

Derived

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

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