συρφετός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σύρω (súrō, to drag, sweep), with enlargement in -φ-.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σῠρφετός • (sŭrphetósm (genitive σῠρφετοῦ); second declension

  1. anything dragged or swept together, sweepings, refuse, litter
  2. (figuratively) mixed crowd, mob, rabble
  3. (by extension) one of the mob, mobbist

Inflection

Derived terms

  • σῠρφετώδης (sŭrphetṓdēs)

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