Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μέροψ

Third declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μέροψ μέροπος

Structure: μεροπ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: mei/romai, o)/y

Sense

  1. dividing the voice, articulate-speaking, endowed, with speech

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • "ὡσ εἰσῆλθε γάρ, εὐθὺσ μ’ ἐπηρώτησε προσβλέψασ μέγα ’ πόσουσ κέκληκασ μέροπασ ἐπὶ δεῖπνον; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 28 3:6)
  • "λέγε ἐγὼ κέκληκα μέροπασ ἐπὶ δεῖπνον; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 28 3:7)
  • τοὺσ δέ μέροπασ τούτουσ με γινώσκειν δοκεῖσ; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 28 3:9)
  • "τοῦτο γὰρ νὴ τὸν Δία ἐστὶ κατάλοιπον μέροπασ ἐπὶ δεῖπνον καλεῖν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 28 3:11)
  • σὺν ᾧ ποτε Τρωί̈αν κραταιὸσ Τελαμὼν πόρθησε καὶ Μέροπασ καὶ τὸν μέγαν πολεμιστὰν ἔκπαγλον Ἀλκυονῆ, οὐ τετραορίασ γε πρὶν δυώδεκα πέτρῳ ἡρ́ωάσ τ’ ἐπεμβεβαῶτασ ἱπποδάμουσ ἕλεν δὶσ τόσουσ. (Pindar, Odes, nemean odes, nemean 4 8:1)

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

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