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σύντομος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σύντομος

Structure: συντομ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: sunte/mnw

Sense

  1. cut short, abridged; especially of a road, as in a short-cut
  2. (of language) concise, brief
  3. (of stature) short
  4. of other things

Examples

  • οὐχὶ σύντομα καὶ στρογγύλα καὶ ἀληθείασ μεστὰ καὶ τὴν ἀφελῆ καὶ ἀκατάσκευον ἐπιφαίνοντα φύσιν, καθάπερ ἐκεῖνα; (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, chapter 134)
  • φανῶ δέ σοι σημεῖα τῶνδε σύντομα. (Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, episode9)
  • "τἀμὰ δὲ σύντομά σοι. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 1143)
  • τὰ γὰρ σύντομα ἴσασι· (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 5 21:4)
  • καὶ τὰ μὲν σύντομα ἐκεῖνα οὐ λέγω, τὰ Λακωνικά, τοὺσ δουλεύοντασ Πέρσαισ καὶ τὸν ἐν Κορίνθῳ Διονύσιον καὶ τὴν Σωκράτουσ καταδίκην καὶ τὴν Ξενοφῶντοσ φυγὴν καὶ τὸν Φερεκύδουσ θάνατον καὶ τὴν δυσδαιμονίαν τὴν Ἀναξάρχου· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 33:5)

Synonyms

  1. short

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