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νωθρός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: νωθρός νωθρή νωθρόν

Structure: νωθρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = nwqh/s

Sense

  1. sluggish, slothful, torpid

Examples

  • "ἐπεὶ καὶ τῶν θηρίων πολλὰ μὲν δυσκίνητα καὶ νωθρὰ, ταῖσ ψυχαῖσ ὄντα πολλὰ δ’ ἀκόλαστα καὶ ἄτακτα τῶν συνετῶν καὶ πανούργων χρόνουσ ζῇ μακροτέρουσ. (Plutarch, De defectu oraculorum, section 20 1:7)
  • ὄμμασι νωθρὰ βλέπουσα· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 55 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. sluggish

Related

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

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