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σπάνιος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σπάνιος

Structure: σπανι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: spa/nis

Sense

  1. rare

Examples

  • σπανίασ δ’ εἰκὸσ τὰσ τοιαύτασ εἶναι· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 8 33:4)
  • τὰσ δὲ ἄρκτουσ ἐούσασ σπανίασ καὶ τοὺσ λύκουσ οὐ πολλῷ τεῳ ἐόντασ ἀλωπέκων μέζονασ αὐτοῦ θάπτουσι τῇ ἂν εὑρεθέωσι κείμενοι. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 67 3:1)

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