Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὀτρηρός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀτρηρός ὀτρηρή ὀτρηρόν

Structure: ὀτρηρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: o)tru/nw

Sense

  1. quick, nimble, busy, ready

Examples

  • οὔκ, ἀλλὰ πάντεσ ἐσμὲν οἱ διδάσκαλοι Μουσάων θεράποντεσ ὀτρηροί, κατὰ τὸν Ὅμηρον. (Aristophanes, Birds, Lyric-Scene, lyric6)
  • κήρυκεσ δ’ αὐτοῖσι καὶ ὀτρηροὶ θεράποντεσ οἱ μὲν οἶνον ἔμισγον ἐνὶ κρητῆρσι καὶ ὕδωρ, οἱ δ’ αὖτε σπόγγοισι πολυτρήτοισι τραπέζασ νίζον καὶ πρότιθεν, τοὶ δὲ κρέα πολλὰ δατεῦντο. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 1 10:7)

Synonyms

  1. quick

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

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