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πνιγηρός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πνιγηρός πνιγηρή πνιγηρόν

Structure: πνιγηρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pni/gw

Sense

  1. choking, stifling

Examples

  • εἶναι δὲ τὸν μὲν τόπον τοῦτον, ὃν κόσμον ὀνομάζομεν, δεσμωτήριον ὑπὸ τῶν θεῶν κατεσκευασμένον χαλεπόν τε καὶ δυσάερον, οὐδέποτε τὴν αὐτὴν κρᾶσίν τε καὶ στάσιν τοῦ ἀέροσ φυλάττον, ἀλλὰ ποτὲ μὲν ψυχρόν τε καὶ παγερόν, ἀνέμου τε καὶ πηλοῦ καὶ χιόνοσ καὶ ὕδατοσ ἐμπεπλησμένον, ποτὲ δὲ αὖ θερμόν τε καὶ πνιγηρόν· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 18:1)

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

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