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

  • ὑπὸ σοῦ πτερωθεὶσ βούλομαι μετάρσιοσ ἀναπτόμενοσ ἐκ τῶν νεφελῶν καινὰσ λαβεῖν ἀεροδονήτουσ καὶ νιφοβόλουσ ἀναβολάσ. (Aristophanes, Birds, Episode, lyric7)
  • ἐσπᾶτο γὰρ πέδονδε καὶ μετάρσιοσ, βοῶν, ἰύζων· (Sophocles, Trachiniae, episode 5:3)
  • ἡ πάροσ ἀγλαϊῄσι μετάρσιοσ, ἡ πλοκαμῖδασ σειομένη πλεκτὰσ, καὶ σοβαρευομένη, ἡ μεγαλαυχήσασα καθ’ ἡμετέρησ μελεδώνησ, γήραϊ ῥικνώδησ, τὴν πρὶν ἀφῆκε χάριν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 2731)

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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