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στερρός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: στερρός στερρή στερρόν

Structure: στερρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = stereo/s

Sense

  1. stiff, firm, solid, strong, stiff
  2. hard, rugged, uneasy
  3. stubborn, obdurate, hard, stiffly, obstinately

Examples

  • ταῦτα γὰρ ἔνιοι ἐσυκοφάντουν πρὸσ τὴν ἄλλην ἀτυφίαν τοῦ Κάτωνοσ, οὐ καθορῶντεσ ὅσον ἐν τῷ πρὸσ ἡδονὰσ καὶ φόβουσ καὶ δεήσεισ ἀναισχύντουσ ἀγνάμπτῳ καὶ στερρῷ τοῦ ἀνδρὸσ τὸ ἥμερον ἐνῆν καὶ φιλόστοργον. (Plutarch, Cato the Younger, chapter 11 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. stiff

  2. hard

  3. stubborn

Similar forms

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

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