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μεγαθαρσής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μεγαθαρσής μεγαθαρσές

Structure: μεγαθαρση (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: qarse/w

Sense

  1. very bold

Examples

  • κὰδ δ’ ἄρ’ ἀπ’ οὐρανόθεν ψιάδασ βάλεν αἱματοέσσασ, σῆμα τιθεὶσ πολέμοιο ἑῷ μεγαθαρσέι παιδί. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 35:10)

Synonyms

  1. very bold

Similar forms

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

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