Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ῥωπικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ῥωπικός ῥωπική ῥωπικόν

Structure: ῥωπικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: r(w=pos

Sense

  1. of or for petty wares, trumpery, worthless, poorly, coarsely

Examples

  • "ἔχουσα ῥωπικόν· (Plutarch, De amore prolis, section 3 5:1)
  • "ἔχουσα ῥωπικόν · (Plutarch, De amore prolis, section 3 1:3)
  • Βάκχε, σὺ δ’ ὑψῴησ τὸν Μίκυθον εἰ δὲ τὸ δῶρον ῥωπικόν, ἁ λιτὰ ταῦτα φέρει πενία. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 3552)

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

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