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σῑμός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σῑμός

Structure: σῑμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. snub-nosed, flat nosed
  2. steep, uphill
  3. bent in, hollow, concave

Examples

  • Αἰθίοπέσ τε <θεοὺσ σφετέρουσ> σιμοὺσ μέλανάσ τε Θρῇκέσ τε γλαυκοὺσ καὶ πυρρούσ <φασι πελέσθαι>· (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , 31)
  • τοὺσ δὲ ἵππουσ αὐτῶν εἶναι λασίουσ ἅπαν τὸ σῶμα ἐπὶ πέντε δακτύλουσ τὸ βάθοσ τῶν τριχῶν, μικροὺσ δὲ καὶ σιμοὺσ καὶ ἀδυνάτουσ ἄνδρασ φέρειν, ζευγνυμένουσ δὲ ὑπ’ ἁρ́ματα εἶναι ὀξυτάτουσ· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 5, chapter 9 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. snub-nosed

  2. steep

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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