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ῥωμαλέος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ῥωμαλέος ῥωμαλέη ῥωμαλέον

Structure: ῥωμαλε (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: r(w/mh

Sense

  1. strong of body
  2. mighty, strong

Examples

  • ἀνδρὶ γὰρ μεγάλῳ καὶ ῥωμαλέῳ φεύγοντι παρ’ αὑτόν ἐπιβαλὼν τὴν χεῖρα μένειν ἐκέλευσε καί στρέφεσθαι πρὸσ τοὺσ πολεμίουσ ὁ δὲ μεστὸσ ὢν ταραχῆσ παρὰ τὸ δεινόν ἐπήρατο τὴν μάχαιραν ὡσ καθιξόμενοσ, φθάνει δὲ ὁ τοῦ Καίσαροσ ὑπασπιστὴσ ἀποκόψασ αὐτοῦ τὸν ὦμον. (Plutarch, Caesar, chapter 39 4:2)

Synonyms

  1. strong of body

  2. mighty

Related

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

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