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θερμός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: θερμός θερμή θερμόν

Structure: θερμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. warm, hot, boiling, glowing
  2. hotheaded, hasty, rash, headstrong
  3. eager, active, fresh

Examples

  • "οἱο͂ν εὐθύσ, τὸ καλούμενον θερμὸν ὑμῖν πόθεν ἀφῖκται καὶ πῶσ ἐπιγέγονε ταῖσ ἀτόμοισ, ἂν μήτ’ ἦλθον ἔχουσαι θερμότητα μήτ’ ἐγένοντο θερμαὶ συνελθοῦσαι; (Plutarch, Adversus Colotem, section 821)
  • ἔτι γὰρ θερμαὶ σύριγγεσ ἄνω φυσῶσι μέλαν μένοσ. (Sophocles, Ajax, episode, anapests6)
  • ἔστωσαν ὦν θερμαὶ αἱ τέγξιεσ ξὺν πηγάνῳ καὶ ἀνήθῳ, ἐμπασσομ έν ου νίτρου· καὶ ἐπιπλάσμα τα ξὺν τουτέοισι τὰ πρόσθεν. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 312)
  • εἰσὶ δὲ αὐτοῦ αἱ πηγαὶ δυῶν δέουσαι τεσσεράκοντα, ἐκ πέτρησ τῆσ αὐτῆσ ῥέουσαι, καὶ αἳ μὲν αὐτέων εἰσὶ ψυχραὶ αἳ δὲ θερμαί. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 90 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. warm

  2. hotheaded

  3. eager

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