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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

  • εἰ τοῦτο τοιοῦτ’ ἐστίν, οὐδὲν κωλύει τοὺσ μελιτοπώλασ αὖ λέγειν βοᾶν θ’ ὅτι πωλοῦσι τὸ μέλι σαπρότερον τῶν μεμβράδων. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 28 2:13)

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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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