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μειρακιώδης

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μειρακιώδης μειρακιώδες

Structure: μειρακιωδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ei)=dos

Sense

  1. becoming a youth, youthful
  2. puerile

Examples

  • ταῦτα μὲν οὖν ἀμφισβητήσεισ ἔχοντα πολλὰσ καὶ τὸ κινεῖν διὰ μακροτέρων καὶ τὸ πιστοῦσθαι μειρακιώδουσ ἔστι φιλονεικίασ. (Plutarch, Numa, chapter 8 10:2)
  • ὅσα δ’ οὐκ ἐνῆν ἀρνήσασθαι μικρὰ καὶ φαῦλα καὶ οὐκ ἄξια δημοσίασ ὀργῆσ εἶναι λέγων καὶ οὐδὲ ταῦτα ἐξ ἐπιβουλῆσ ἢ δι’ ὕβριν, ἀλλ’ ὑπὸ φιλοτιμίασ μειρακιώδουσ γεγονότα ἐπιδεικνύμενοσ, δι’ ἣν πολλὰ μὲν αὐτῷ συμβῆναι δρᾶσαι τῶν ἀβουλήτων ἐν ἁψιμαχίαισ, πολλὰ δ’ ἴσωσ καὶ παθεῖν, οὔτε ἡλικίασ ἐν τῷ κρατίστῳ ὄντι οὔτε φρονήσεωσ ἐν τῷ καθαρωτάτῳ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 10, chapter 5 6:1)

Synonyms

  1. becoming a youth

  2. puerile

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

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