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

  • ἢ δῆλον ὅτι πτερωτόν τε καὶ ὑπηνέμιον κατὰ τὸ ἦθοσ αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν ἅμα τοῖσ πνεύμασι φερόμενον, ὁποίουσ τοὺσ Βορεάδασ ἐνεθυμήθησάν τε καὶ ἔγραψαν οἱ γραφεῖσ, ἐλαφρούσ τε καὶ μεταρσίουσ, ταῖσ τοῦ πατρὸσ αὔραισ συνθέοντασ. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 136:2)

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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