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θυμοειδής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: θυμοειδής θυμοειδές

Structure: θυμοειδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ei)=dos

Sense

  1. high-spirited, courageous
  2. hot-tempered, restive

Examples

  • "τῶν δὲ φιλοτίμων καὶ πρακτικῶν ἐρωτικῶν τε περὶ σώματα καὶ θυμοειδῶν αἱ μὲν οἱο͂ν ἐν ὕπνῳ ταῖσ τοῦ βίου μνημοσύναισ ὀνείρασι χρώμεναι διαφέρονται, καθάπερ ἡ τοῦ Ἐνδυμίωνοσ· (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 3023)
  • ἐπὶ τοὺσ ἵππουσ, ἦν δ’ ἐγώ, ἀναβιβαστέον ὡσ νεωτάτουσ, καὶ διδαξαμένουσ ἱππεύειν ἐφ’ ἵππων ἀκτέον ἐπὶ τὴν θέαν, μὴ θυμοειδῶν μηδὲ μαχητικῶν, ἀλλ’ ὅτι ποδωκεστάτων καὶ εὐηνιωτάτων. (Plato, Republic, book 5 443:1)

Synonyms

  1. high-spirited

  2. hot-tempered

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

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