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οὐραῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: οὐραῖος οὐραῖη οὐραῖον

Structure: οὐραι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ou)ra

Sense

  1. of the tail, hindmost, the hind-
  2. the tail, the hinder part, rear

Examples

  • ἦγχον δ’ ἐγκρατέωσ στιβαρὰσ σὺν χεῖρασ ἐρείσασ ἐξόπιθεν, μὴ σάρκασ ὑποδρύψῃ ὀνύχεσσι, πρὸσ δ’ οὖδασ πτέρνῃσι πόδασ στερεῶσ ἐπίεζον οὐραίουσ ἐπιβάσ, μηροῖσί τε πλεύρ’ ἐφύλασσον, μέχρί οἱ ἐξετάνυσσα βραχίονασ ὀρθὸν ἀείρασ ἄπνευστον, ψυχὴν δὲ πελώριοσ ἔλλαχεν Αἵδησ. (Theocritus, Idylls, 112)

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

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