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ψεδνός?

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration: psednos

Principal Part: ψεδνός ψεδνή ψεδνόν

Structure: ψεδν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. thin, spare, scanty
  2. bald-headed, bare , naked

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • Ἑ`ν μὲν ἤδη τοῦτο ἔχω, ὅτι ὅμοιός εἰμί σοι καὶ οὐδὲν τηλικοῦτον διαφέρεις ἡλίκον σε Ὅμηρος ἐκεῖνος ὁ τυφλὸς ἐπῄνεσεν ἁπάντων εὐμορφότερον προσειπών, ἀλλ᾿ ὁ φοξὸς ἐγὼ καὶ ψεδνὸς οὐδὲν χείρων ἐφάνην τῷ δικαστῇ. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 2:7)
  • εὐρεῖαι δὲ φλέβες οὐ πλημμύρῃ τοῦ αἵματος, ἀλλὰ τῷ τοῦ δέρματος πάχεϊ· οὐκ ἐς πολλὸν δὲ καὶ ἕδρα δήλη, τοῦ παντὸς εἰς ἶσον ὄχθον ἐγειρομένου· τρίχες ἐν μὲν τῷ παντὶ προτεθνήσκουσι, χερσὶ, μηροῖσι, κνήμῃσι, αὖθις, ἥβῃ, γενείοισι ἀραιαὶ, ψεδναὶ δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τῇ κεφαλῇ κόμαι· τὸ δὲ μᾶλλον πρόωροι πολιοὶ καὶ φαλάκρωσις ἀθρόη. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 374)
  • χαῖται δ, οὐ μήλοις ἅτε που μαλακοὶ ἔπι μαλλοί, ψεδναὶ δ, ἀγροτέρων τρηχύτεραι χιμάρων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 4302)
  • αὐτὰρ ὕπερθε φοξὸς ἐήν κεφαλήν, ψεδνὴ δ ἐπενήνοθε λάχνη. (Homer, Iliad, Book 2 21:6)
  • ἅ γ ἐστὶ ξηρότερα καὶ ψεδνότερα παντὸς οὗ τις ἂν εἰκάζων εὑρ´οι, ὥστ ἔν γε τῇ Ἀραβικῇ καὶ ἡ περιβόητος αὕτη λιθοτομία ἡ πορφυρῖτίς ἐστιν: (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 19:7)

Synonyms

  1. bald-headed

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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