Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • ὁ δὲ Ἑρκύνιοσ δρυμὸσ πυκνότερόσ τέ ἐστι καὶ μεγαλόδενδροσ ἐν χωρίοισ ἐρυμνοῖσ κύκλον περιλαμβάνων μέγαν, ἐν μέσῳ δὲ ἵδρυται χώρα καλῶσ οἰκεῖσθαι δυναμένη, περὶ ἧσ εἰρήκαμεν. (Strabo, Geography, Book 7, chapter 1 10:1)

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

Related

Similar forms

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

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