Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ῥαπτός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ῥαπτός ῥαπτή ῥαπτόν

Structure: ῥαπτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: r(a/ptw

Sense

  1. stitched, patched
  2. strung together, continuous
  3. worked with the needle, an embroidered carpet, a stitched

Examples

  • ὅθεν περ καὶ Ὁμηρίδαι ῥαπτῶν ἐπέων τὰ πόλλ’ ἀοιδοὶ ἄρχονται, Διὸσ ἐκ προοιμίου· (Pindar, Odes, nemean odes, nemean 2 1:1)
  • ἀμφισβητοῦσι δὲ καὶ Ὁμήρου Χῖοι, μαρτύριον μέγα τοὺσ Ὁμηρίδασ καλουμένουσ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐκείνου γένουσ προχειριζόμενοι, ὧν καὶ Πίνδαροσ μέμνηται ὅθεν περ καὶ Ὁμηρίδαι ῥαπτῶν ἐπέων τὰ πόλλ’ ἀοιδοί ἐκέκτηντο δὲ καὶ ναυτικόν ποτε Χῖοι, καὶ ἀνθήπτοντο τῆσ κατὰ θάλατταν ἀρχῆσ καὶ ἐλευθερίασ. (Strabo, Geography, Book 14, chapter 1 63:13)

Synonyms

  1. strung together

  2. worked with the needle

Related

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

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