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ἀδίαντος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀδίαντος ἀδίαντη ἀδίαντον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + διαντ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: diai/nw

Sense

  1. unwetted
  2. maiden-hair

Examples

  • Ἴδασ Ἱπποδίκην, Δαί̈φρων Ἀδιάντην αὗται δὲ ἐκ μητρὸσ ἐγένοντο Ἕρσησ, Πανδίων Καλλιδίκην, Ἄρβηλοσ Οἴμην, Ὑπέρβιοσ Κελαινώ, Ἱπποκορυστὴσ Ὑπερίππην· (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 2, chapter 1 5:15)

Synonyms

  1. maiden-hair

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

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