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1 γναμπτός
A curved, bent,ἰχθυάασκον γναμπτοῖς ἀγκίστροισιν Od.4.369
; [full] μετὰγναμπτῇ σι γένυσσιν Il.11.416
;πόρπας τε γναμπτάς θ' ἕλικας 18.401
;ὄνυχες γ. Hes.Op. 204
; γ. δρόμοι, of the diaulos, Pi.I.1.57; γ. χαλινούς, Hsch.2 supple, pliant, of the limbs of living men (opp. to the stark and stiff ones of the dead),ἐνὶ γναμπτοῖσι μέλεσσι Il.11.669
, 24.359, Od.11.394, etc.3 metaph., pliable, οὔτε νόημα γναμπτὸν ἐνὶ στήθεσσι (of Achilles), Il.24.41.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > γναμπτός
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2 κήρινος
II metaph., pliable as wax,τοὺς θυμοὺς.. κηρίνους ποιεῖν Pl.Lg. 633d
;κηρίνας τὰς ὑπολήεις ἔχειν Arr.Epict.3.16.10
.2 wax-coloured, pallid, Suid. s.v. ἐκηριώθην.3 of women, ' made up' with cosmetics, Philostr. Ep.22, cf.VA2.22.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > κήρινος
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3 χαλίφρων
A light-minded, thoughtless, joined with νήπιος, 4.371, 19.530; of Dionysus (cf. χάλις), AP9.524.23.II of yielding temper, pliable,χ. νεύματα κούρης Musae. 117
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4 ἀγώγιμος
ἀγώγιμος, ον, of things,A capable of being carried, τρισσῶν ἁμαξῶν.. ἀ. βάρος enough to load, E.Cyc. 385; τὰ ἀ. things portable, wares, Pl. Prt. 313c, X.An.5.1.16, etc.;ἄλλο δὲ μηδὲν ἀ. ἄγεσθαι ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ D.35.20
.II of persons, liable to seizure, X.HG7.3.11, cf. D. 23.11, Plu.Sol.13, BGU1116.27 (13 B.C.):—also of things, D.H.5.69.2 easily led, pliable, Plu.Alc.6.III [voice] Act., ἀγώγιμον, τό, love-charm, philtre, Plu.2.1093d, cf. PMag.Lond.121.295: pl., PMag.Par.1.2231.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ἀγώγιμος
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5 πηλός
πηλός, οῦ, ὁ (Aeschyl., Hdt.+; OGI 483, 61; CPR 232, 17; POxy 1450, 4; LXX, pseudepigr., Philo, Joseph.; Mel., P. 36, 247; Ath.)① clayⓐ used in making pottery (Trag. et al.; Polyb. 15, 35, 2: the potter deals with ὁ τροχός [=potter’s wheel] and ὁ πηλός; Is 29:16; 41:25; Jer 18:6; Sir 33:13) Ro 9:21 (cp. esp. Wsd 15:7).—In a comparison that has allegorical traits humankind is called πηλὸς εἰς τὴν χεῖρα τοῦ τεχνίτου 2 Cl 8:2 (= ἐν τῇ χειρί, s. εἰς 1aδ).ⓑ Like the pliable material which the artist uses (TestNapht 2:2; Jos., C. Ap. 2, 252; Mel.), clay is also the material fr. which humankind is made (cp. Aristoph., Av. 686 πηλοῦ πλάσματα of humans; Callim. Fgm. 493; Herodas 2, 28f; Epict. 4, 11, 27; Lucian, Prom. 13; Themist., Or. 32 after Aesop; Job 10:9) 1 Cl 39:5 (Job 4:19).② mud, mire (Pla., Parm. 130c π. καὶ ῥύπος; Plut., Marius 414 [16, 7], Mor. 993e; 1059f οἱ πηλὸν ἢ κονιορτὸν ἐπὶ τοῦ σώματος ἔχοντες), esp. of the soft mass produced when the ground is wet, e.g. on the roads (Aeneas Tact. 1421; Herodas 1, 14; Arrian, Anab. 5, 15, 2; 2 Km 22:43; Zech 9:3; 10:5; Jos., Ant. 1, 244; cp. JosAs 13:6). Jesus ἔπτυσεν χαμαὶ καὶ ἐποίησεν πηλὸν ἐκ τοῦ πτύσματος J 9:6a (π. ποιεῖν like Chariton 1, 3, 2); cp. vss. 6b, 11, 14, 15. For the use of πηλός in the healing art of ancient times, even on the part of benevolent divinities s. Hdb. ad loc. and KRengstorf, Die Anfänge der Auseinandersetzung zw. Christusglaube u. Asklepiosfrömmigkeit ’53, 39f, n. 61.—B. 20. Schmidt, Syn. II 191–99, s. βόρβορος. DELG. TW. -
6 σειρά
σειρά, ᾶς, ἡ (Hom. [σειρή] et al.; SIG2 588, 200; LXX; TestSol 1:12 D; Jos., Ant. 3, 170) fr. the beginning w. the mng. pliable length of someth. used for binding, cord, rope, chain σειραῖς ζόφου with chains of hell (ζόφος 2. See also Wsd 17:16 μιᾷ ἁλύσει σκότους ἐδέθησαν; Pythag. in Diog. L. 8, 31: the ψυχαὶ ἀκάθαρτοι after their separation from the σῶμα are bound in hell by the Erinyes ἐν ἀρρήκτοις δεσμοῖς) 2 Pt 2:4 (s. σειρός and σιρός).—DELG. M-M. -
7 εύκαμπτος
1) flexible2) pliableΕλληνικά-Αγγλικά νέο λεξικό (Greek-English new dictionary) > εύκαμπτος
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