Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑπήνεμος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπήνεμος ὑπήνεμον

Structure: ὑπηνεμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)/nemos

Sense

  1. under the wind, under shelter from it, the lee-side, gentle
  2. swift as the wind

Examples

  • ὅπωσ γὰρ ἥκομεν, πρὸσ σοῦ τὰ δείν’ ἐκεῖν’ ἐπηπειλημένοι, πᾶσαν κόνιν σήραντεσ, ἣ κατεῖχε τὸν νέκυν, μυδῶν τε σῶμα γυμνώσαντεσ εὖ, καθήμεθ’ ἄκρων ἐκ πάγων ὑπήνεμοι, ὀσμὴν ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ μὴ βάλοι πεφευγότεσ, ἐγερτὶ κινῶν ἄνδρ’ ἀνὴρ ἐπιρρόθοισ κακοῖσιν, εἴ τισ τοῦδ’ ἀκηδήσοι πόνου. (Sophocles, Antigone, episode 1:2)
  • ἐκβάντεσ δ’ ἐπὶ θῖνα βαθὺν καὶ ὑπήνεμον ἀκτὴν εὐνάσ τ’ ἐστόρνυντο πυρεῖά τε χερσὶν ἐνώμων. (Theocritus, Idylls, 16)
  • ἂν δέ τισ, ἔφη, λικμᾷ ἐκ τοῦ ὑπηνέμου ἀρχόμενοσ; (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 18 8:3)
  • οἱο͂σ ἐήσ φεύγων τὸν ὑπήνεμον, ἔμπνοε Λᾴδα, Θῦμον, ἐπ’ ἀκροτάτῳ πνεύματι θεὶσ ὄνυχα, τοῖον ἐχάλκευσέν σε Μύρων, ἐπὶ παντὶ χαράξασ σώματι Πισαίου προσδοκίην στεφάνου. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 541)

Synonyms

  1. swift as the wind

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

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