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ὀχληρός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀχληρός ὀχληρή ὀχληρόν

Structure: ὀχληρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from o)xle/w

Sense

  1. troublesome, irksome, importunate

Examples

  • τούτου γὰρ πανταχοῦ χρεία, καὶ οὐδέν ἐστι πραγματωδέστερον οὐδ’ ὀχληρότερον τὸ καλῶσ φρονεῖν τοῦ κακῶσ, ἀλλ’ ἐν τῷ ἴσῳ χρόνῳ νυνὶ καθήμενοσ ὑμῶν ἕκαστοσ, ἂν μὲν ἃ χρὴ γιγνώσκῃ περὶ τῶν πραγμάτων καὶ ψηφίζηται, βελτίω τὰ κοινὰ ποιήσει τῇ πόλει καὶ ἄξια τῶν προγόνων πράξει, ἂν δ’ ἃ μὴ δεῖ, φαυλότερα, καὶ ἀνάξια τῶν προγόνων ποιήσει. (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 352:1)

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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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