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

  • ἀλλ’, ὦ γαλήνη καὶ στορεστὰ τῆσ ζάλησ, σύ, Χριστέ, δείξαισ ἀβρόχουσ ἁμαρτίασ, τῷ σῷ πρὸσ ὁρ́μῳ προσφόρωσ προσορμίσασ, ἐχθρὸν δὲ τοῦτον συμφοραῖσ βεβρεγμένον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 1, chapter 118 1:1)
  • τοῦτο δέ τισ αὐτῶν προσφόρωσ, δεικνὺσ ἐμέ, ἴσωσ ἐρεῖ πρὸσ ἄλλον ἀρτίωσ ἐμοῦ μάζαν μεμαχότοσ μουσικήν τε καὶ νέαν, οὗτοσ παρέθηκεν τὴν ὑπ’ ἐμοῦ μεμαγμένην. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 4, chapter 3 5:3)

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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