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σχέτλιος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σχέτλιος

Structure: σχετλι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. unwearying
  2. unflinching, cruel, merciless, wicked, savage
  3. miserable, wretched, unhappy, O most wretched fool!, O wretched
  4. cruel, cruel, shocking

Examples

  • μὴ τοίνυν ἡμεῖσ ἐκεῖνον ὑπερβαλώμεθα, μηδὲ Τιμοκρέοντοσ τοῦ σχετλίου πρᾶγμα ποιῶμεν, ἀλλ’ εἰδῶμεν εὐφημεῖν τὰ γιγνόμενα, καὶ ταῦτα παντὸσ μᾶλλον δυνάμενοι, καὶ τὸ τοῦ Ὁμήρου νομίζωμεν εὖ ἔχειν οὐ μὲν γὰρ τιμή γε μί’ ἔσσεται οὐδ’ ἠβαιόν. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 178:11)

Synonyms

  1. unwearying

  2. miserable

  3. cruel

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

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