Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

σεμνός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σεμνός σεμνή σεμνόν

Structure: σεμν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: se/bomai

Sense

  1. revered, august, holy, awful
  2. devoted to the gods, holiness
  3. reverend, august, solemn, stately, majestic
  4. very wonderful, noble, fine
  5. proud, haughty, solemn, pompous, grand, grave and solemn, grand

Examples

  • καὶ εἰ μὴ δἰ αὐτούσ, ἀλλὰ διὰ τὰσ πρὸσ τοὺσ πατέρασ αὐτῶν διαθήκασ καὶ ἕνεκεν τῆσ ἐπ̓ αὐτοὺσ ἐπικλήσεωσ τοῦ σεμνοῦ καὶ μεγαλοπρεποῦσ ὀνόματοσ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 8:15)
  • φάσκον δὲ πολὺ σφέτερον πλούτῳ προφέρειν πατέρα ξανθᾶσ παρέδρου σεμνοῦ Διὸσ εὐρυβία. (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 11 4:3)
  • ἢν μὲν γὰρ ἐπὶ τοῦ σεμνοῦ φυλάττω ἐμαυτόν, ἀηδὴσ ἔδοξα καὶ μονονουχὶ φευκτέοσ· (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 30:10)
  • καὶ ταῦθ’ ἅμ’ ἠγόρευε καὶ πρὸσ οὐρανὸν καὶ γαῖαν ἐστήριξε φῶσ σεμνοῦ πυρόσ. (Euripides, episode, lyric 3:10)
  • ἡ δὲ μετὰ ταύτην ἡ γλαφυρὰ καὶ θεατρικὴ καὶ τὸ κομψὸν αἱρουμένη πρὸ τοῦ σεμνοῦ τοιαύτη· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, chapter 401)

Synonyms

  1. devoted to the gods

  2. reverend

Related

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

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