Ask at the forum if you have an Ancient or Modern Greek query!

ευήρετμος

From LSJ
Revision as of 08:59, 29 September 2022 by Spiros (talk | contribs) (Text replacement - "ναῡς" to "ναῦς")
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)

Ἀναβάντα γὰρ εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν, καὶ διὰ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς λύπης προσκόψαντα τῷ ζῆν, ἑαυτὸν κατακρημνίσαι → For he ascended the acropolis and then, because he was disgusted with life by reason of his excessive grief, cast himself down the height

Diodorus Siculus, 4.61.7

Greek Monolingual

εὐήρετμος, -ον (Α)
1. ο καλά προσαρμοσμένος στο κουπίεὐήρετμος σκαλμός», Αισχύλ.)
2. (για πλοίο) αυτός που κωπηλατείται καλά («εὐήρετμος ναῦς», Ευρ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ευ + ερετ-μόν «κουπί» (από την ίδια ρίζα με το ερέτης «κωπηλάτης»). Το -η- λόγω της συνθέσεως].