Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

σύμπνους

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: σύμπνους σύμπνουν

Structure: συμπνο (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: sumpne/w

Sense

  1. animated by one breath, in accord with

Examples

  • δοκεῖ γάρ μοι καὶ τὸν Ὅμηρον οὐκ ἀδίκωσ ὁ Θηβαῖοσ αἰτιάσασθαι Παμμένησ ὡσ τῶν ἐρωτικῶν ἄπερον, ὅτι φῦλα φύλοισ συνέταξεν καὶ φρατρίασ φατρίαισ συνέμιξε, δέον ἐραστὴν μετ’ ἐρωμένου παρεμβάλλειν ἵν’ σύμπνουσ ἡ φάλαγξ δι’ ὅλησ ἔμψυχον ἔχουσα δεσμόν. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 1, 29:2)

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

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