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ὑπηνέμιος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπηνέμιος

Structure: ὑπηνεμι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)/nemos

Sense

  1. lifted or wafted by the wind
  2. full of wind, wind-, vain, idle, empty, braggart

Examples

  • οὕτωσ αἱ μὲν ἰδιωτικῆσ καὶ ἀδυνάτου ψυχῆσ ἔννοιαί τε καὶ ἐπιθυμίαι ὑπηνέμιοί τε καὶ ἀδρανεῖσ, καὶ οὐδὲν ἀπ̓ αὐτῶν γίγνεται χαλεπόν, ἀλλ̓ ὥσπερ τὰ τῷ ὄντι ὀνείρατα ἀναστάντων εὐθὺσ οἴχεται καὶ οὐδὲν αὐτῶν, ὥσ φασι, τὸν ἥλιον οὐδὲ τὴν ἡμέραν ὑπομένει, παραπλησίωσ καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα ἔχει ἐπιθυμήματά τε καὶ ἐλπίσματα. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 41:2)

Synonyms

  1. full of wind

Related

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

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