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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

  • καὶ περὶ τοῦ Χάρητοσ ἐν τῇ πέμπτῃ καὶ τεσσαρακοστῇ φησιν Χάρητόσ τε νωθροῦ τε ὄντοσ καὶ βραδέοσ, καίτοι γε καὶ πρὸσ τρυφὴν ἤδη ζῶντοσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 20 1:190)
  • φάναι γάρ, τοῦ μὲν Θεοφράστου καθ’ ὑπερβολὴν ὀξύτητοσ πᾶν τὸ νοηθὲν ἐξερμηνεύοντοσ, τοῦ δὲ νωθροῦ τὴν φύσιν ὑπάρχοντοσ, ὡσ τῷ μὲν χαλινοῦ δέοι, τῷ δὲ κέντρου. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, E, Kef. b'. QEOFRASTOS 4:3)

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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