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ἀειθαλής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀειθαλής ἀειθαλές

Structure: ἀειθαλη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: qa/llw

Sense

  1. ever-green

Examples

  • αὐτῆσ δὲ τῆσ Πυρήνησ τὸ μὲν Ἰβηρικὸν πλευρὸν εὔδενδρόν ἐστι παντοδαπῆσ ὕλησ καὶ τῆσ ἀειθαλοῦσ, τὸ δὲ Κελτικὸν ψιλόν, τὰ δὲ μέσα περιέχει καλῶσ οἰκεῖσθαι δυναμένουσ αὐλῶνασ. (Strabo, Geography, book 3, chapter 4 22:1)
  • καταβάντι δ’ εἰσ αὐτὴν ἀνώμαλόν ἐστιν ἔδαφοσ καὶ τὸ πολὺ πετρῶδεσ, μεστὸν δὲ τῆσ θαμνώδουσ ὕλησ ἀειθαλοῦσ τε καὶ ἡμέρου· (Strabo, Geography, Book 14, chapter 5 10:4)

Synonyms

  1. ever-green

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

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