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νωθρός?

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration: nōthros

Principal Part: νωθρός νωθρή νωθρόν

Structure: νωθρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = νωθής

Sense

  1. sluggish, slothful, torpid

Declension

First/Second 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

  • ψυχὴ μὲν οὖν μοι καὶ προθυμία πάρα βάσεις ἀμείβειν ἐπὶ θύρας ὡρμημένῳ, δέμας δὲ νωθρὸν οὐχ ὑπηρετεῖ πόθοις. (Lucian, 14)
  • ὅλως γὰρ αἰτιῶνται Παρμενίωνα κατ ἐκείνην τὴν μάχην νωθρὸν γενέσθαι καὶ δύσεργον, εἴτε τοῦ γήρως ἤδη τι παραλύοντος τῆς τόλμης, εἴτε τὴν ἐξουσίαν καὶ τὸν ὄγκον, ὡς Καλλισθένης φησί, τῆς Ἀλεξάνδρου δυνάμεως βαρυνόμενον καὶ προσφθονοῦντα. (Plutarch, Alexander, chapter 33 6:2)
  • ἣ τὸ μὲν πικρὸν ἅπαν καὶ σκυθρωπὸν ὥσπερ ἐπιμιξία ποτίμου θάλασσαν ἐφηδύνει, τὸ δὲ δυσξύνετον ἅπαν καὶ νωθρὸν ἐπεγείρει ταῖς μετ ἀνθρώπων κινήσεσιν ἀναρριπιζόμενον. (Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, chapter, section 23 9:1)
  • καὶ λαβὼν ταῦτα δίελθε, κὰν δοκῇ σοι μηδὲν εἶναι φαυλότερα τῶν ἀμεθύστων καλουμένων, ἅ τινες ἐν τοῖς πότοις περιάπτονται καὶ προλαμβάνουσι, μεταδίδου τῷ Κλεάνδρῳ καὶ προκαταλάμβανε τὴν φύσιν αὐτοῦ διὰ τὸ μηδαμοῦ νωθρὸν ἀλλὰ πανταχοῦ σφοδρὸν καὶ δεδορκὸς εὐαγωγοτέραν ὑπὸ τῶν τοιούτων οὖσαν. (Plutarch, Quomodo adolescens poetas audire debeat, chapter, section 1 11:1)
  • εἱρ῀πε τὸ μέν, τὸ δ ἔμελλε, τὸ δ ἦν ἔτι νωθρὸν ἐν εὐνῇ: (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 1291)

Synonyms

  1. sluggish

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

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