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Συριηγενής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: Συριηγενής Συριηγενές

Structure: Συριηγενη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: gene/sqai

Sense

  1. Syrian-born

Examples

  • κατὰ γάρ μιν ἐρείπει πῦρ τε καὶ ὀξὺσ Ἄρησ, Συριηγενὲσ ἁρ́μα διώκων πολλὰ δὲ κἆλλ’ ἀπολεῖ πυργώματα, κοὐ τὸ σὸν οἰο͂ν πολλοὺσ δ’ ἀθανάτων ναοὺσ μαλερῷ πυρὶ δώσει, οἵ που νῦν ἱδρῶτι ῥεούμενοι ἑστήκασι, δείματι παλλόμενοι· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 14, chapter 92 1:1)
  • κατὰ γάρ μιν ἐρείπει πῦρ τε καὶ ὀξὺσ Ἄρησ, Συριηγενὲσ ἁρ́μα διώκων. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 7, chapter 140 3:4)

Synonyms

  1. Syrian-born

Similar forms

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

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