Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μετάρσιος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μετάρσιος

Structure: μεταρσι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: metai/rw

Sense

  1. raised form the ground, high in air, scattered to the winds, hoisted
  2. on the high sea, out at sea
  3. in air, high above this world
  4. airy, empty
  5. high, quick.

Examples

  • τὰ μέντοι ζῷα λεληθότωσ αἴτια τῆσ μεταρσίασ κινήσεωσ γίνεσθαι· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 51 4:3)
  • ὅσασ δὲ τῶν νεῶν μεταρσίασ ἔλαβε, τὰσ μὲν ἐξέφερε πρὸσ Ἴπνουσ καλεομένουσ τοὺσ ἐν Πηλίῳ, τὰσ δὲ ἐσ τὸν αἰγιαλόν· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 7, chapter 188 4:2)

Synonyms

  1. on the high sea

  2. in air

  3. airy

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

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