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σαπρός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σαπρός σαπρή σαπρόν

Structure: σαπρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: saph=nai

Sense

  1. rotten, putrid, stale, rancid
  2. stale, worn out
  3. mellow

Examples

  • ὡσ ἅπαντ’ ἤδη ’στὶ μεστὰ τἀνθάδ’ εἰρήνησ σαπρᾶσ. (Aristophanes, Peace, Choral, trochees1)
  • ὄζει κάκιστον τοὐνύπνιον βύρσησ σαπρᾶσ. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Prologue 1:31)

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

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