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

  • ὁρῶ δὲ κἀγὼ ταῦθ’ ἅπερ με νουθετεῖσ, ὡσ τοῖσ ἐμοῖσιν οὐχὶ πρόσφορον τρόποισ φεύγειν τὰ δεινά. (Euripides, Suppliants, episode, iambic 1:2)
  • ἥκιστ’, Ἄδραστε, τοῦτο πρόσφορον λέγεισ. (Euripides, Suppliants, episode, iambic19)
  • ἄνοιγ’ ἄνοιγε, μὴ τὸ ταῖσδε πρόσφορον ἐχθρὸν δ’ Ἀχαιοῖσ εἰσ ἔμ’ αἰτίαν βάλῃ. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, iambic7)
  • τούτων δ’ ἕκαστοσ εἴ τι πρόσφορον ἔχοι, παθὼν αὐτὸσ ἢ παθόντα θεραπεύσασ, ἔφραζε τῷ δεομένῳ· (Plutarch, An Recte Dictum Sit Latenter Esse Vivendum, section 2 6:2)
  • σὸν ἔργον, ὡσ γυναικὶ πρόσφορον γυνή. (Euripides, Helen, episode, dialogue 3:47)

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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