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ἀειδής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀειδής ἀειδές

Structure: ἀειδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ei)=dos

Sense

  1. without form, incorporeal

Examples

  • τὸν δὲ τῆσ ἐναντίασ κύριον μοίρασ, εἴτε θεὸσ εἴτε δαίμων ἐστίν, Αἵδην ὀνομάζουσιν, ὡσ ἂν εἰσ ἀειδὲσ καὶ ἀόρατον ἡμῶν, ὅταν διαλυθῶμεν, βαδιζόντων νυκτὸσ ἀιδνᾶσ ἀεργηλοῖὸ θ’ ὕπνου κοίρανον. (Plutarch, An Recte Dictum Sit Latenter Esse Vivendum, section 6 5:2)
  • καὶ τὸ ἀειδὲσ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἄχρωστον Αἵδησ καὶ Ἀχέρων ἐπίκλησιν ἔσχεν. (Plutarch, De primo frigido, chapter, section 9 4:1)
  • ἀλλὰ τὺ γὰρ δὴ Θύρσι τὰ Δάφνιδοσ ἄλγε’ ἀείδεσ καὶ τᾶσ βουκολικᾶσ ἐπὶ τὸ πλέον ἵκεο μοίσασ, δεῦρ’ ὑπὸ τὰν πτελέαν ἑσδώμεθα, τῶ τε Πριήπω καὶ τᾶν Κραναιᾶν κατεναντίον, ᾇπερ ὁ θῶκοσ τῆνοσ ὁ ποιμενικὸσ καὶ ταὶ δρύεσ. (Theocritus, Idylls, 15)

Synonyms

  1. without form

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

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