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προπετής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: προπετής προπετές

Structure: προπετη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: propesei=n

Sense

  1. falling forwards, inclined forward
  2. thrown away
  3. drooping, at the point of death
  4. being upon the point of
  5. ready for, prone to
  6. headlong, precipitate, rash, reckless, violent, drawn at random
  7. forwards
  8. headlong hastily, rash

Examples

  • οὗτοσ γὰρ ἐξ ἀρχῆσ μὲν τιμώμενοσ ὑπὸ τοῦ δήμου κατὰ τὸν πατέρα Ἅγνωνα, προπετέστατοσ ἐγένετο τὴν δημοκρατίαν μεταστῆσαι εἰσ τοὺσ τετρακοσίουσ, καὶ ἐπρώτευεν ἐν ἐκείνοισ. (Xenophon, Hellenica, , chapter 3 36:2)

Synonyms

  1. thrown away

  2. ready for

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

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