Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

σοβαρός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: σοβαρός σοβαρή σοβαρόν

Structure: σοβαρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: sobe/w

Sense

  1. scaring birds away: -
  2. rushing, rapid
  3. swaggering, pompous, haughty

Examples

  • ταῖσ δὲ γενναιοτάταισ καὶ ἐπισκύνιον πρόσεστιν, καὶ σοβαραὶ φαίνονται, καὶ τὸ βάδισμα κοῦφον καὶ πυκνὸν καὶ ἁβρόν· (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 7 7:1)

Synonyms

  1. rushing

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

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