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ταλαεργός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ταλαεργός ταλαεργόν

Structure: ταλαεργ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: Tla/w, ve/rgon

Sense

  1. enduring labour, drudging

Examples

  • ἆ ταλαεργοί· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 299 1:1)
  • ἐμὲ δὲ χρεὼ γίγνεται αὐτῆσ Ἤλιδ’ ἐσ εὐρύχορον διαβήμεναι, ἔνθα μοι ἵπποι δώδεκα θήλειαι, ὑπὸ δ’ ἡμίονοι ταλαεργοὶ ἀδμῆτεσ· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 4 69:3)
  • Ἴφιτοσ αὖθ’ ἵππουσ διζήμενοσ, αἵ οἱ ὄλοντο δώδεκα θήλειαι, ὑπὸ δ’ ἡμίονοι ταλαεργοί· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 21 1:12)

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

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