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πρόσεδρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πρόσεδρος πρόσεδρον

Structure: προσεδρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e(/dra

Sense

  1. sitting near, hanging about

Examples

  • ἐπεὶ δ’ ἀπεῖπε, πολλὰ μὲν τάλασ χθονὶ ῥίπτων ἑαυτόν, πολλὰ δ’ οἰμωγῇ βοῶν, τὸ δυσπάρευνον λέκτρον ἐνδατούμενοσ σοῦ τῆσ ταλαίνησ, καὶ τὸν Οἰνέωσ γάμον οἱο͂ν κατακτήσαιτο λυμαντὴν βίου, τότ’ ἐκ προσέδρου λιγνύοσ διάστροφον ὀφθαλμὸν ἄρασ εἶδέ μ’ ἐν πολλῷ στρατῷ δακρυρροοῦντα, καί με προσβλέψασ καλεῖ· (Sophocles, Trachiniae, episode 5:5)

Synonyms

  1. sitting near

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

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