Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

παράλυπρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: παράλυπρος παράλυπρον

Structure: παραλυπρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. rather poor

Examples

  • τὰ μὲν οὖν τὰσ μεταλλείασ ἔχοντα χωρία ἀνάγκη τραχέα τε εἶναι καὶ παράλυπρα, οἱᾶ́περ καὶ τὰ τῇ Καρπητανίᾳ συνάπτοντα καὶ ἔτι μᾶλλον τοῖσ Κελτίβηρσι. (Strabo, Geography, book 3, chapter 2 6:12)

Synonyms

  1. rather poor

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

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