Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὀδυρτικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀδυρτικός ὀδυρτική ὀδυρτικόν

Structure: ὀδυρτικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. disposed to complain, querulous

Examples

  • Τὴν δ’ Ἀλεξάνδραν ἥττησε μὲν οὐδὲν τῶν τοιούτων, ἀεὶ δὲ καὶ μᾶλλον ἡ μνήμη τοῦ κακοῦ παρέχουσα τὴν ὀδύνην ὀδυρτικὴν ἐποίει καὶ φιλόνεικον, καὶ γράφει τὴν ἐπιβουλὴν Ἡρώδου τῇ Κλεοπάτρᾳ καὶ τὴν ἀπώλειαν τοῦ παιδόσ. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 15 79:1)

Synonyms

  1. disposed to complain

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

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