Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μήρινθος

Second declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μήρινθος

Etym.: mhru/omai

Sense

  1. a cord, line, string, a fishing-line

Examples

  • αὕτη μὲν ἡ μήρινθοσ οὐδὲν ἔσπασεν. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Episode 1:30)
  • ἣ μὲν ἔπειτ’ ἠί̈ξε πρὸσ οὐρανόν, ἣ δὲ παρείθη μήρινθοσ ποτὶ γαῖαν· (Homer, Iliad, Book 23 80:8)

Synonyms

  1. a cord

Related

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

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