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

  • ὀξὺ δέ μιν κραδίην ἄχοσ ἔλλαβεν, ἀμφὶ δὲ χαίταισ ἀμβροσίαισ κρήδεμνα δαί̈ζετο χερσὶ φίλῃσι, κυάνεον δὲ κάλυμμα κατ’ ἀμφοτέρων βάλετ’ ὤμων, σεύατο δ’ ὥστ’ οἰωνόσ, ἐπὶ τραφερήν τε καὶ ὑγρὴν μαιομένη· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 6:1)
  • ὣσ εἰποῦσα θεὰ δῦνε σπέοσ ἠεροειδέσ, μαιομένη κευθμῶνασ ἀνὰ σπέοσ· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 13 45:1)

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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