Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

Ἑωσφόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: Ἑωσφόρος

Structure: Ἑωσφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. bringer of morn

Examples

  • ἡ δὲ εὐχή σου ὥσπερ ἑωσφόροσ, ἐκ δὲ μεσημβρίασ ἀνατελεῖ σοι ζωή. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 11:17)
  • ἦ ἐπὶ σοῦ συντέταχα φέγγοσ πρωϊνόν̣ ἑωσφόροσ δὲ εἶδε τὴν ἑαυτοῦ τάξιν (Septuagint, Liber Iob 38:12)
  • πῶσ ἐξέπεσεν ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ὁ ἑωσφόροσ ὁ πρωί̈ ἀνατέλλων̣ συνετρίβη εἰσ τὴν γῆν ὁ ἀποστέλλων πρὸσ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 14:12)
  • ὅθεν καταλαμβάνουσίν τε καὶ καταλαμβάνονται κατὰ ταὐτὰ ὑπ’ ἀλλήλων ἥλιόσ τε καὶ ὁ τοῦ Ἑρμοῦ καὶ ἑωσφόροσ. (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 129:1)
  • ὁ μὲν γὰρ ἑωσφόροσ ἕσπερόσ τε ὢν αὑτὸσ ἀφροδίτησ εἶναι σχεδὸν ἔχει λόγον καὶ μάλα Συρίῳ νομοθέτῃ πρέπον, ὁ δ’ ὁμόδρομοσ ἡλίῳ τε ἅμα καὶ τούτῳ σχεδὸν Ἑρμοῦ. (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 97:2)

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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