Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑπάργυρος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπάργυρος ὑπάργυρον

Structure: ὑπαργυρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. having silver underneath;
  2. containing silver, veined with silver, containing a proportion of silver
  3. sold or hired for silver, mercenary, venal

Examples

  • τρόπῳ κατελεήσουσιν, ἀλλὰ τὴν τῇ φύσει προσήκουσαν τιμὴν ἀποδόντεσ ὤσουσιν εἰσ δημιουργοὺσ ἢ εἰσ γεωργούσ, καὶ ἂν αὖ ἐκ τούτων τισ ὑπόχρυσοσ ἢ ὑπάργυροσ φυῇ, τιμήσαντεσ ἀνάξουσι τοὺσ μὲν εἰσ φυλακήν, τοὺσ δὲ εἰσ ἐπικουρίαν, ὡσ χρησμοῦ ὄντοσ τότε τὴν πόλιν διαφθαρῆναι, ὅταν αὐτὴν ὁ σιδηροῦσ φύλαξ ἢ ὁ χαλκοῦσ φυλάξῃ. (Plato, Republic, book 3 606:1)
  • καὶ μὴν ὑπάργυρόσ ἐστι σαφῶσ θείᾳ μοίρᾳ· (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 1 7:2)

Synonyms

  1. having silver underneath

Related

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

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