Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

τέρσομαι

Non-contract Verb; 이상동사 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: τέρσομαι

Structure: τέρς (Stem) + ομαι (Ending)

Etym.: epic aor2 inf. tersh=nai, tersh/menai, as if from e)te/rshn

Sense

  1. to be or become dry, dry up

Examples

  • γνώσεαι, εἴ σευ δῖψοσ ἀνειμένα χείλεα τέρσει. (Theocritus, Idylls, 39)
  • ἔνθα δέ οἱ πολύκαρποσ ἀλωὴ ἐρρίζωται, τῆσ ἕτερον μὲν θειλόπεδον λευρῷ ἐνὶ χώρῳ τέρσεται ἠελίῳ, ἑτέρασ δ’ ἄρα τε τρυγόωσιν, ἄλλασ δὲ τραπέουσι· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 7 10:9)

Synonyms

  1. to be or become dry

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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