Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πρόσπαιος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πρόσπαιος πρόσπαιον

Structure: προσπαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pai/w

Sense

  1. striking upon, sudden, suddenly

Examples

  • θεοῖσ δ’ ἀναμπλάκητοσ εἰ μόλοι στρατόσ, ἐγρηγορὸσ τὸ πῆμα τῶν ὀλωλότων γένοιτ’ ἄν, εἰ πρόσπαια μὴ τύχοι κακά. (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, episode 3:4)

Synonyms

  1. striking upon

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

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