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πήλινος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πήλινος πήλινη πήλινον

Structure: πηλιν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: phlo/s

Sense

  1. of clay, clay figures

Examples

  • εἰ μὲν κατὰ τοῦτο, ὦ ἄριστε, ὡσ πηλίνων κἀμοὶ τῶν ἔργων ὄντων, γνωρίζω τὴν εἰκόνα καί φημι ὅμοιοσ εἶναι αὐτῷ, οὐδ̓ ἀναίνομαι πηλοπλάθοσ ἀκούειν, εἰ καὶ φαυλότεροσ ἐμοὶ ὁ πηλὸσ οἱο͂σ ἐκ τριόδου, βόρβορόσ τισ παρὰ μικρόν· (Lucian, Prometheus es in verbis 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. of clay

Related

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

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