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Ἑωσφόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: Ἑωσφόρος

Structure: Ἑωσφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. bringer of morn

Examples

  • καὶ ἦλθεν ἐπ̓ αὐτοὺσ Δαυὶδ καὶ ἐπάταξεν αὐτοὺσ ἀπὸ ἑωσφόρου ἕωσ δείλησ καὶ τῇ ἐπαύριον, καὶ οὐκ ἐσώθη ἐξ αὐτῶν ἀνὴρ ὅτι ἀλλ̓ ἢ τετρακόσια παιδάρια, ἃ ἦν ἐπιβεβηκότα ἐπὶ τὰσ καμήλουσ καὶ ἔφυγον. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 30:17)
  • μετὰ σοῦ ἡ ἀρχὴ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ τῆσ δυνάμεώσ σου ἐν ταῖσ λαμπρότησι τῶν ἁγίων σου. ἐκ γαστρὸσ πρὸ ἑωσφόρου ἐγέννησά σε. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 109:3)
  • ἐν πταρμῷ αὐτοῦ ἐπιφαύσκεται φέγγοσ, οἱ δὲ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ εἶδοσ Ἑωσφόρου. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 41:10)
  • "πρώτη δ’ ἐβάδιζεν ἡ Εὡσφόρου· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 19 3:94)
  • τούτοισ προσέταξεν διυφῆναι τὸν μεταξὺ τῆσ σελήνησ καὶ τοῦ Εὡσφόρου ἀέρα. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 1 15:7)

Synonyms

  1. bringer of morn

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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