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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

  • οὐκοῦν ἔστιν ἀλόγου ζῴου ψυχὴν ἔχοντα, μᾶλλον δὲ λίθου φύσιν νωθράν, ἀναίσθητον, ἀκίνητον, ἀπαθῆ, τὴν Δημοσθένουσ προφέρεσθαι λέξιν; (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, chapter 54 2:12)
  • ἐκφέρει δὲ καὶ καρποὺσ παντοίουσ, τὴν μὲν γεῦσιν ἔχοντασ νωθράν, ἀγνοουμένουσ δὲ παρ’ ἡμῖν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 41 2:3)

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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