Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ψαφαρός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ψαφαρός ψαφαρή ψαφαρόν

Structure: ψαφαρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ya/w

Sense

  1. easily reduced to powder, friable, crumbling, the sandy shore
  2. thin, watery

Examples

  • "ὢν γὰρ ἀλιπὴσ καὶ λίαν ψαφαρὸσ μόλισ πεπαίνεται καὶ παλαιούμενοσ σχεδὸν μόνοισ ἐστὶν ἐπιτήδειοσ τοῖσ χρωμένοισ διηνεκῶσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 489)

Synonyms

  1. thin

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

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION