Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

θνητός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: θνητός θνητή θνητόν

Structure: θνητ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: qnh/skw

Sense

  1. liable to death, mortal, mortals
  2. befitting mortals, human

Examples

  • καί, ὡσ ἐοίκε, τὸ ἀπ’ ἐκείνου ἧττον θεοὶ εἰσιν οἱ θεοί, διότι καὶ ἐπὶ γῆσ τινα θνητὰ ζῷα γεγένηται· (Lucian, Prometheus, (no name) 13:4)
  • τὸ σοφὸν δ’ οὐ σοφία τό τε μὴ θνητὰ φρονεῖν. (Euripides, choral, antistrophe 14)
  • ὣσ κλῶν’ ὄρειον ὁ ξένοσ χεροῖν ἄγων ἔκαμπτεν ἐσ γῆν, ἔργματ’ οὐχὶ θνητὰ δρῶν. (Euripides, episode, lyric 3:4)
  • ομηροσ μὲν ἐπιβλεφασ τὰ θνητὰ τῶν ζῴων γένη καὶ πρὸσ ἄλληλα συγκρίνασ κατὰ τοὺσ βίουσ καὶ τὰσ διαιτήσεισ, ἐξεφώνησεν ὡσ οὐδέν ἐστιν ὀιζυρώτερον ἀνδρόσ, πάντων ὅσσα τε γαῖαν ἔπι πνείει τε καὶ ἑρ́πει· (Plutarch, Animine an corporis affectiones sint peiores, section 11)
  • ἢ θεοὶ μὲν οὐδαμοῦ, τὰ θνητὰ δ’ ἔσται μεγάλα, μὴ δόντοσ δίκην. (Euripides, Heracles, episode 1:6)

Synonyms

  1. liable to death

  2. befitting mortals

Related

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

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