Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • ἄνδρεσ τε συχνοὶ λαμβάνοντεσ ἐκ τῶν πλησίον ἐργαστηρίων τὰ μὲν ὠνῇ, τὰ δὲ χάριτι συνεπεκόσμουν τοῖσ προσφόροισ δωρήμασι τὴν ἐκκομιδήν, ὥστε περιβόητον ἀνὰ τὴν πόλιν γενέσθαι τὸ κῆδοσ, καὶ προθυμίαν ἅπαντασ καταλαβεῖν τῆσ τῶν ὀλιγαρχικῶν καταλύσεωσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 11, chapter 39 10:1)
  • καὶ ἄλλωσ προσφόροισ ἐπιτύχωσι τοῖσ φαρμάκοισ. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 28 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. serviceable

  2. suitable

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

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