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πυκνός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πυκνός πυκνή πυκνόν

Structure: πυκν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pu/c

Sense

  1. close, compact
  2. close, firm, solid, a well-stuffed
  3. close-packed, crowded, thick, close, dense, a shower of
  4. frequent, many
  5. well put together, compact, fast, strong
  6. close, concealed
  7. strong, great, sore, excessive
  8. sagacious, shrewd, wise, the wise
  9. close or fast
  10. very much, constantly, sorely, greatly
  11. sagaciously, shrewdly, craftily
  12. much, often;
  13. strongly
  14. thick-falling
  15. carefully, diligently

Examples

  • τὴν μὲν κατωτάτω ἔχων ἐπὶ τὸν γόμον, ἐφ’ ἣν διὰ κλιμάκων πυκνῶν ἡ κατάβασισ ἐγίνετο· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 411)
  • αὐτοῦ δ’ ἦν καὶ τὸ τοῦ Ἀνδροκράτουσ ἡρῷον ἐγγύσ, ἄλσει πυκνῶν καὶ συσκίων δένδρων περιεχόμενον. (Plutarch, , chapter 11 7:2)
  • "πρόσλαβε δὲ τῷ Σόλωνι καὶ τὸν Αἰσχύλον λέγοντα σέβασ δὲ μηρῶν ἁγνὸν οὐκ ἐπῃδέσω, ὦ δυσχάριστε τῶν πυκνῶν φιλημάτων ἕτεροι μὲν γὰρ καταγελῶσιν αὐτῶν, εἰ καθάπερ θύτασ καὶ μάντεισ εἰσ τὰ μηρία καὶ τὴν ὀσφὺν ἀποβλέπειν τοὺσ ἐραστὰσ κελεύουσιν ἐγὼ δὲ παμμέγεθεσ τοῦτο ποιοῦμαι σημεῖον ὑπὲρ τῶν γυναικῶν εἰ γὰρ ἡ παρὰ φύσιν ὁμιλία πρὸσ ἄρρενασ οὐκ ἀναιρεῖ τὴν ἐρωτικὴν εὔνοιαν οὐδὲ βλάπτει, πολὺ μᾶλλον εἰκόσ ἐστι τὸν γυναικῶν ἢ ἀνδρῶν ἔρωτα τῇ φύσει χρώμενον εἰσ φιλίαν διὰ χάριτοσ ἐξικνεῖσθαι. (Plutarch, Amatorius, section 53)
  • Αἰσχύλοσ τε καὶ Σοφοκλῆσ ἀναφανδὸν ἔφασαν, ὁ μὲν Μυρμιδόσιν σέβασ δὲ μηρῶν ἁγνὸν οὐκ ἐπῃδέσω, ὦ δυσχάριστε τῶν πυκνῶν φιλημάτων, ὁ δ’ ἐν Κολχίσιν περὶ Γανυμήδουσ τὸν λόγον ποιούμενοσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 79 1:2)
  • τινὲσ δὲ τὴν φιλοτιμίαν αὐτοῦ φασιν ἐν τῇ νόσῳ παντάπασιν ἀποκαλυφθεῖσαν εἰσ ἄτοπον ἐξοκεῖλαι παρακοπήν, οἰομένου τὸν Μιθριδατικὸν στρατηγεῖν πόλεμον, εἶτα, ὥσπερ ἐπ’ αὐτῶν εἰώθει τῶν ἀγώνων, σχήματα παντοδαπὰ καὶ κινήματα σώματοσ μετὰ συντόνου κραυγῆσ καὶ πυκνῶν ἀλαλαγμάτων ἀποδιδόντοσ. (Plutarch, Caius Marius, chapter 45 6:1)

Synonyms

  1. close

  2. close

  3. close-packed

  4. frequent

  5. close

  6. sagacious

  7. close or fast

  8. much

  9. strongly

  10. thick-falling

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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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