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πρόσφορος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πρόσφορος πρόσφορᾱ πρόσφορον

Structure: προσφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: prosfe/rw

Sense

  1. serviceable, useful, profitable
  2. suitable, fitting, worthy, fit or meet
  3. what is fitting or suitable, fitting service, all things meet or due, fitly

Examples

  • οὐκ εὐδοκεῖ ὁ Ὕψιστοσ ἐν προσφοραῖσ ἀσεβῶν, οὐδὲ ἐν πλήθει θυσιῶν ἐξιλάσκεται ἁμαρτίασ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 34:19)
  • ἔνιοι γὰρ οὐ μετὰ τρεῖσ ὡρ́ασ ἢ τέτταρασ ἀλλὰ νυκτῶν ἤδη μέσων παμπόλλου μεταξὺ χρόνου διελθόντοσ ἐπὶ ταῖσ προσφοραῖσ ἀνήμεσαν ἀκριβῶσ ἅπαντα τὰ ἐδηδεσμένα. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., G, section 417)

Synonyms

  1. serviceable

  2. suitable

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Derived

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

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