γλίσχρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (to glue, paste, stick together), the same root of γλίνη (glínē, any viscous substance), γλία (glía, glue), γλοιός (gloiós, any glutinous substance).

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

γλῐ́σχρος • (glískhros) m (feminine γλῐ́σχρᾱ, neuter γλῐ́σχρον); first/second declension

  1. sticky, claggy, adhesive
  2. (figuratively) sticking close, importunate
  3. clinging, clingy
  4. penurious, niggardly, stingy
  5. (of things) mean, shabby

Inflection

Derived terms

  • γλῐσχραίνομαι (gliskhraínomai)
  • γλῐσχρεύομαι (gliskhreúomai)
  • γλῐσχρολογῐ́ᾱ (gliskhrologíā)
  • γλῐσχρότης (gliskhrótēs)
  • γλῐσχρόχολος (gliskhrókholos)
  • γλῐσχρώδης (gliskhrṓdēs)
  • γλῐ́σχρων (glískhrōn)
  • γλῐ́σχρᾰσμᾰ (glískhrasma)
  • γλῐσχρῐ́ᾱ (gliskhríā)

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