Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πυλαϊκός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πυλαϊκός πυλαϊκή πυλαϊκόν

Structure: πυλαϊκ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from Pulai/a

Sense

  1. jesting, silly

Examples

  • ὁ δὲ Πύρροσ εἰπὼν ὅτι ταῦτα μέν ἐστι πυλαϊκῆσ ὀχλαγωγίασ καὶ ἀσοφίαν ἔχοντα πολλήν, ἐκεῖνο δὲ δεῖ τὰ ὅπλα διὰ χειρῶν ἔχοντασ ὑποβάλλειν ἑαυτοῖσ, εἷσ οἰωνὸσ ἄριστοσ ἀμύνεσθαι περὶ Πύρρου, ἐξανέστη καὶ προσῆγεν ἅμ’ ἡμέρᾳ τὸν στρατόν. (Plutarch, chapter 29 2:2)

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

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