Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πηλόομαι

ο-contract Verb; 이상동사 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πηλόομαι

Structure: πηλό (Stem) + ομαι (Ending)

Sense

  1. to wallow in mire

Examples

  • καὶ γὰρ ὁ πούσ, εἰ φρένασ εἶχεν, ὡρ́μα ἂν ἐπὶ τὸ πηλοῦσθαι. (Epictetus, Works, book 2, 10:2)
  • ἀμήχανον ἦν μὴ πηλοῦσθαι τοὺσ πόδασ μηδὲ ὅλωσ μολύνεσθαι διὰ τοιούτων τινῶν πορευομένουσ· (Epictetus, Works, book 4, 10:1)

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

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