Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

Ὠγύγιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: Ὠγύγιος Ὠγύγιᾱ Ὠγύγιον

Structure: Ὠγυγι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. Ogygian, of or from Ogyges, primeval, primal

Examples

  • τοῖον ἄρ’ ὁρ́κον ἔθεντο θεοὶ Στυγὸσ ἄφθιτον ὕδωρ ὠγύγιον, τὸ δ’ ἱήσι καταστυφέλου διὰ χώρου. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 74:14)
  • σὲ δ’, ὦ τέκνον, τόδ’ ἐλήλυθεν πᾶν κράτοσ ὠγύγιον· (Sophocles, Philoctetes, choral, strophe 14)
  • τῶν δ’ ἐγὼ ἐκνοσφισάμαν ὠγύγιον σκᾶπτρον, ἔκρινον δὲ θεοῖσ θέμιστασ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 15, chapter 24 2:3)

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

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