Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

σφέτερος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σφέτερος σφέτερᾱ σφέτερον

Structure: σφετερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: possessive adj. of 3rd pers. pl. sfei/s

Sense

  1. their own, their, their own feelings, their own business, their own people
  2. his or her own, his, her
  3. your own, your
  4. thine own, tuus
  5. mine own, meus
  6. our own, noster

Examples

  • Πυθέα υἱὸσ ὅδ’ ἐστὶ Κλέων Θηβαῖοσ ἀοιδόσ, ὃσ πλείστουσ θνητῶν ἀμφέθετο στεφάνουσ κρατὸσ ἐπὶ σφετέρου, καὶ οἱ κλέοσ οὐρανόμηκεσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 34 1:4)
  • Πάρθων οἱ γνωριμώτατοι περὶ τὰσ σιτολογίασ καὶ τὰσ ἄλλασ ἀπαντήσεισ μαλακώτερον τοῖσ Ῥωμαίοισ προσεφέροντο, λαμβάνειν τε παριέντεσ αὐτοῖσ ἔνια καὶ τὴν ἀρετὴν ἐπαινοῦντεσ ὡσ πολεμικωτάτων ἀνδρῶν καὶ θαυμαζομένων ὑπὸ τοῦ σφετέρου βασιλέωσ δικαίωσ. (Plutarch, Antony, chapter 40 2:2)
  • τοῖσι μὲν ἐξεύχετ’ ἐν ἄστεϊ Πειράνασ σφετέρου πατρὸσ ἀρχὰν καὶ βαθὺν κλᾶρον ἔμμεν καὶ μέγαρον· (Pindar, Odes, olympian odes, olympian 13 16:2)
  • καὶ τὸ μὲν ἐξείρυσσε παρεδριόων Ἐρυβώτησ, ἕλκοσ δὲ ξυνέδησεν, ἀπὸ σφετέρου κολεοῖο λυσάμενοσ τελαμῶνα κατήορον· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 17:20)
  • ἤνυσε τοῦτον ἀέθλον ὑπὲρ ψυχῆσ γενετήρων, καὶ σφετέρου βιότοιο, καὶ ἐσσομένων καὶ ἐόντων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 1, chapter 10 15:1)

Synonyms

  1. their own

  2. his or her own

  3. your own

Related

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

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