Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • χἁ μὲν ἀπὸ σκοπέλοιο χαλᾷ πόδασ ἠθάδι νάρκᾳ νωθρούσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 147 1:1)
  • τοὺσ δὲ νωθροὺσ καὶ βραδεῖσ μισοῦσι καὶ ἀποδοκιμάζουσιν. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 3:4)
  • πρὸσ ἅπαντα δὴ ταῦτα ἀμηχάνωσ ἔχων ἀφικόμην εἰσ ἄνδρασ οὐ νωθροὺσ οὐδὲ σχολὴν ἄγοντασ ἀκροᾶσθαι λόγων, ἀλλὰ μετεώρουσ καὶ ἀγωνιῶντασ καθάπερ ἵππουσ ἀγωνιστὰσ ἐπὶ τῶν ὑσπλήγων, οὐκ ἀνεχομένουσ τὸν χρόνον, ὑπὸ σπουδῆσ δὲ καὶ προθυμίασ κόπτοντασ τὸ ἔδαφοσ ταῖσ ὁπλαῖσ· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 23:1)

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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