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νωθής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: νωθής νωθές

Structure: νωθη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. sluggish, slothful, torpid
  2. dull, stupid, somewhat dull

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

  • ‐ φυγῇ φυγῇ νωθὲσ πέδαιρε κῶλον, ἐκποδὼν ἔλα. (Euripides, Heracles, episode3)
  • παχύνει γὰρ καὶ ὑγραίνει τὸ πνεῦμα ξηρόν τε καὶ λεπτὸν ἐὸν, και ὀμίχλην τῇσι αἰσθήσεσι παρέχει· βαρὺ δὲ καὶ νωθὲσ ὀμίχλη, ἥπερ ὕπνου ἀρχή· ἢν δὲ μεζόνων δέωνται, καὶ αὐτὸ τὸ μηκώνειον ἐσ τὰ μέτωπα ξὺν ὕδατι χρίειν· ἠδὲ ὑπαλείφειν τὰσ Ῥῖνασ καὶ ἐσ τὰ ὦτα ἐγχέειν · ψηλαφίη ποδῶν εὐαφὴσ ξὺν λίπαϊ, ψαῦσισ τῆσ κεφαλῆσ, ἀνυτικὸν δὲ καὶ κνῆσισ μάλιστα κροτάφων τε καὶ ὤτων. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 52)
  • τάδε μὲν ὦν ἐσ τὸ νωθὲσ καὶ νεκρῶδεσ αὐτέου, καὶ ἐσ πάντα καιρὸν, πλὴν τῇσι ἐσβολῇσι τῶν παρόξυσμῶν. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 137)
  • ποσσὶ γὰρ ὤρυσσεν νοτερὸν πέδον, ἀλλὰ τὸ νωθὲσ πίδακοσ ἐκ τυφλῆσ οὐκ ἐτάχυνεν ὕδωρ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 4172)
  • οἱ δὲ μακρὸν μὲν τὸν χρόνον τὸν καῦσον νοσέουσι· ἀποπαύεται δὲ τὰ κινδυνώ δεα , αἱ ὀδύναι καὶ ξυντάσιεσ τῶν ὑποχονδρίων, καὶ ἡ κακοσφυξίη , καὶ τῆσ γνώμησ τὸ νωθέσ· ἔτι δὲ ἔμπησ ἐάσιν ἀσώδεεσ, ἀλύοντεσ ξὺν ἀπορίῃ· ξύνεστι δὲ ὅ τε καῦσοσ καὶ τὸ δίψοσ καὶ τῆσ γλώσσησ καὶ τοῦ στόματοσ ἡ ξηρότησ · ἀναπνέουσι πολλὸν, μακρὸν ἕλκοντεσ καὶ ἀθρόον, ὅλον τὸν ἠέρα ἐσ ἔμψυξιν ἐπισπώμενοι · ἀτὰρ εἴτε πίνουσι ψυχρὸν χανδὸν πολὺ πλεῖστον, καὶ ἐσ μὲν βραχὺ ἀνεκουφίσθησαν, εἶτ’ αὐτοῖσ ἐξάπτεται τὸ δίψοσ, αὖθισ ἄδην πίνουσι· καὶ ἥδε ἡ διαδοχὴ τοῦ κακοῦ· καὶ ἰητρὸσ δὲ ἀγαθὸσ ψυχρὸν ἂν δῳή πολλὸν ἀσινέωσ, ὅκωσ ἐν τοῖσι ἄλλοισι καύσοισι· ἀσφαλέστερον δὲ τοῖσι ἀπὸ τῆσ κοίλησ φλεβὸσ νοσέουσι τὸν καῦσον. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 184)

Synonyms

  1. sluggish

  2. dull

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

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