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

  • ἒ ἒ ὡσ γαῦροσ, ὡσ φοβερὸσ εἰσιδεῖν, γίγαντι γηγενέτᾳ προσόμοιοσ ἀστερωπὸσ ἐν γραφαῖσιν, οὐχὶ πρόσφοροσ ἁμερίῳ γέννᾳ. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode, lyric16)
  • καίτοι φυτῷ μὲν ἔστι τισ χώρα μᾶλλον ἑτέρασ ἑτέρα πρόσφοροσ, ἐν ᾗ τρέφεται καὶ βλαστάνει βέλτιον· (Plutarch, De exilio, section 17 14:1)
  • ὡσ γὰρ ὀφθαλμῷ χρόα πρόσφοροσ ἧσ τὸ ἀνθηρὸν ἅμα καὶ τερπνὸν ἀναζωπυρεῖ καὶ τρέφει τὴν ὄψιν, οὕτω τὴν διάνοιαν ἐπάγειν δεῖ θεάμασιν ἃ τῷ χαίρειν πρὸσ τὸ οἰκεῖον αὐτὴν ἀγαθὸν ἐκκαλεῖ. (Plutarch, , chapter 1 3:2)
  • εἰήν εὑρησιεπὴσ ἀναγεῖσθαι πρόσφοροσ ἐν Μοισᾶν δίφρῳ· (Pindar, Odes, olympian odes, olympian 9 21:1)
  • θεσπεσία δ’ ἐπέων καύχαισ ἀοιδὰ πρόσφοροσ. (Pindar, Odes, nemean odes, nemean 9 3:2)
  • "ἀλλ’ οὔτε ταῦτα συνορῶμεν οὔτε ὅτι καὶ χώρα καὶ φύσισ καὶ κρᾶσισ ἄλλη πρόσφορόσ ἐστιν αὐτοῖσ· (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 2541)

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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