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

  • τὸ βρέφοσ Ἑρμώνακτα διεχρήσασθε μέλισσαι φεῦ κύνεσ ἑρπυστήν, κηρία μαιόμενον πολλάκι δ’ ἐξ ὑμέων ἐψισμένον ὠλέσατ’, αἰαῖ, κέντροισ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 3021)

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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