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ῥαγδ-αῖος

ragdaios

furious, violent

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What it meant — LSJ

furious, violent

furious, violent, of rain-storms, Arist. Mete. 349a6, Aud. 803a5, Plu. Tim. 28, Luc. Tim. 3; of lightning, Philostr. Im. 1.14. Adv. -αίως Aristid.Quint. 2.11.

2 raging, furious, violence, violently

of persons, raging, furious, Telecl. 30, Ar. Fr. 243, Antiph. 7; ὡς ῥ. ἐξελήλυθεν Diph. 67; ῥ. ἐν τοῖς ἀγῶσι Plu. Pel. 1: τὸ ῥ. violence, Id. Virt.mor. 2.447a, Cohib. 456c. Adv. -αίως violently, ἀναχεῖν Dsc. 2.74; ὕειν, metaph. of a talkative woman, Lib. Decl. 26.22.

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