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Strong's #4550 - σαπρός
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- rotten, putrefied
- corrupted by one and no longer fit for use, worn out
- of poor quality, bad, unfit for use, worthless
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σαπρός, ά, όν, ( σήπω )
rotten, putrid, Hippon. 23, Hp. Oss. 13; of the lungs, diseased, Id. Morb. 1.13; of bone, carious, Id. Fract. 33; of wood, etc., rotten, ἱστίον Ar. Eq. 918; βύρσα Id. V. 38; πινακίσκος, φορμός, σχοινίον, Id. Pl. 813, 542, V. 1343; ἱμάς Men. 109.4; τοῦ διατειχίσματος ἀνελόντι τὰ ς . IG 22.1672.24; of a house, ς. καὶ ῥέουσα καὶ καταπίπτουσα Telesp.27 H.; ἐλαῖαι Thphr. HP 4.14.10: prov., σαπροῦ πείσματος ἀντιλαβέσθαι Thgn. 1362: esp., of fish that have been long in pickle, stale, rancid, τάριχος Ar. Ach. 1101; opp. πρόσφατος, Antiph. 218.4, cf. 125.6; of withered flowers, D. 22.70 . Adv., -ρῶς λούει τὰ βαλανεῖα so as to leave one filthy, Arr. Epict. 2.21.14 .
II generally, stale, worn out, ἀρχαῖον καὶ σαπρόν Ar. Pl. 323; of clothes, PGiss. 26.6 (ii A.D.) . Adv., -ῶς (perh. misspelt for -ός ) περιπατῶ I am walking about in rags, BGU 846.9 (ii A.D.) .
2. of persons, γέρων ὢν καὶ ς . Ar. Pax 698; ὦ σαπρά, to an old woman, Id. Ec. 884, Hermipp. 10; so εἶναι σαπρὸν κοὐδὲν δύνασθαι Ar. V. 1380; οὐδέν ἐσμεν οἱ ς . Eup. 221; ς. γυναῖκα . . ὁ τρόπος εὔμορφον ποιεῖ Philem. 170 .
3. of wine, mellow (cf. σαπρίας ), Eup. 442, cf. Philyll. 24; τρὺξ παλαιὰ καὶ σαπρά Ar. Pl. 1086; of old wine, ὀδόντας οὐκ ἔχων, ἤδη σαπρὸς . ., γέρων γε δαιμονίως Alex. 167.4 .
4. εἰρήνη σαπρά, a joke παρὰ προσδοκίαν, Ar. Pax 554 .
5. metaph., unsound, bad, λόγος Ep.Ephesians 4:29; opp. καλός, Vett.Val. 36.30, cf. PSI 4.312.13 (iv A.D.); ἄρουραι PGiss. 13.22 (ii A.D.); τὰ ς. ταῦτα Arr. Epict. 3.16.7; ὡς ς. καὶ κίβδηλος ὁ λέγων . . M.Ant. 11.15, cf. Sammelb. 5761.23 (i A.D.), PSI 6.717.4 (ii A.D.); τὴν ς. εἱμαρμένην the evil fate, PMag.Leid.W. 14.38.
III of sound, αὐλεῖ γὰρ σαπρὰ . . κρουμάτια Theopomp.Com. 50 (perh. f.l. for σαθρά, v. σαθρός 2 ).
σαπρός, σαπρά, σαπρόν (σήπω, 2 aorist passive σαπῆναι);
1. rotten, putrid ((Hipponax), Hippcr., Aristophanes, others).
2. corrupted by age and no lounger fit for use, worn out (Aristophanes, Dio Chr., others); hence, in general, of poor quality, bad, unfit for use, worthless (A. V. corrupt) (πᾶν, ὁ μή τήν ἰδίαν χρείαν πληροι, σαπρόν λέγομεν, Chrysostom hom. 4 on 1 Timothy): δένδρον, καρπός, opposed to καλός, Matthew 7:17; Matthew 12:33; Luke 6:43; fishes, Matthew 13:48 (here A. V. bad); tropically, λόγος, Ephesians 4:29 (cf. Harless at the passage); δόγμα, Epictetus 3, 22, 61. Cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 377f.
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** σαπρός , -ά -όν ,
[in Sm.: Leviticus 27:14; Leviticus 27:33 *;]
rotten, corrupt, bad, worthless: of trees and fruit (opp. to ἀγαθός , καλός ), Matthew 7:17-18; Matthew 12:33 Luke 6:43; of fish, Matthew 13:48.
Metaph., in moral sense: λόγος σ ., Ephesians 4:29. "In Hellenistic . . . it became a synonym for αἰσχρός or κακός ," MM, xxii.†
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";scatter,"; in Ionic and the vernacular for σκεδάννυμι (Rutherford NP, p. 295) : cf. P Lond 131 recto.421 (A.D. 78–79) (= I. p. 182) σκόρ (πισον) τὴν κοπρὸ (ν) ἐν ταῖς αὐταῖς ἀρούρ (αις), CP Herm I. 7ii. 18 (ii/A.D.) of young plums, ἐσκορπισμέναι ἐν τῷ χωρίῳ, and so 28.14, P Flor II. 175.22 (A.D. 255) τὰ ὄντα καμήλια ἐσκορπίσαμεν, P Leid Xviii. 39 (iii/iv A.D.) (= II. p. 227) μετὰ τὸ σκορπισθῆναι καὶ μόνον τὸν ἄργυρον καταλειφθῆναι, and ib. Vxi. 19 (iii/iv A.D.) (= II. p. 37) σκορπίζων τὰς νεφέλας ἀπ᾽ ἀλλήλων. See also PSI V. 478.14 (v/A.D.) ἕως ἂν σκορπίσωσι τὸ πρᾶγμα. MGr σκορπίζω.
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