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

  • "διὰ τί τοῦ Μαϊού μηνὸσ περὶ τὴν πανσέληνον ἀπὸ τῆσ ξυλίνησ γεφύρασ εἴδωλα ῥιπτοῦντεσ ἀνθρώπων εἰσ τὸν ποταμὸν Ἀργείουσ τὰ ῥιπτούμενα καλοῦσιν; (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 321)
  • "διὰ τί τοῦ Μαϊού μηνὸσ οὐκ ἄγονται γυναῖκασ; (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 861)
  • "διὰ τί τοῦ Μαϊού περὶ τὴν πανσέληνον ἀπὸ τῆσ ξυλίνησ γεφύρασ εἴδωλα ῥιπτοῦντεσ; (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 321)
  • "διὰ τί τοῦ Μαϊού μηνὸσ οὐκ ἄγονται γυναῖκασ; (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 861)

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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