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

  • τὸν δὲ πραγματικὸν τρόπον ἐπέφαινε μὲν τέλειον, ἦν δὲ ψευδεπίγραφοσ καὶ ῥωπικόσ. (Polybius, Histories, book 23, chapter 5 5:1)

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

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