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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

  • "ἐνταῦθα περιβάλλειν μέτρα καὶ πλάττειν περιφράσεισ καὶ γλώσσασ ἐπάγειν πύσμασιν ἁπλῆσ καὶ συντόμου δεομένοισ ἀποκρίσεωσ, ἔργον ἐστὶ φιλοτίμου σοφιστοῦ καλλωπίζοντοσ ἐπὶ δόξῃ χρηστήριον. (Plutarch, De Pythiae oraculis, section 283)

Synonyms

  1. short

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