Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὄλισθος

Second declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὄλισθος

Sense

  1. slipperiness
  2. a slip

Examples

  • καὶ ἐπεὶ τὸ ἔθοσ ἰσχυρὸν προηγῆται πρὸσ μόνα ταῦτα εἰθισμένων ἡμῶν χρῆσθαι ὀρέξει καὶ ἐκκλίσει, δεῖ τῷ ἔθει τούτῳ ἐναντίον ἔθοσ ἀντιθεῖναι καὶ ὅπου ὁ πολὺσ ὄλισθοσ τῶν φαντασιῶν, ἐκεῖ ἀντιτιθέναι τὸ ἀσκητικόν. (Epictetus, Works, book 3, 6:1)
  • ὅ τε γὰρ τῶν νεκρῶν ὄλισθοσ, ὡσ ἂν αἱμοφύρτων καὶ σωρηδὸν πεπτωκότων, ἥ τε τῶν χύδην ἐρριμμένων ὅπλων ὁμοῦ τοῖσ πτώμασιν ἀλογία δυσχερῆ τὴν δίοδον ἔμελλε ποιήσειν τοῖσ ἐν τάξει διαπορευομένοισ. (Polybius, Histories, book 15, chapter 14 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. slipperiness

  2. a slip

Related

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

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