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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

  • ἡ δὲ Καταονία πλατὺ καὶ κοῖλόν ἐστι πεδίον πάμφορον πλὴν τῶν ἀειθαλῶν. (Strabo, Geography, Book 12, chapter 2 4:1)
  • περὶ δὲ τῶν φιλοσόφων λέγων τοὺσ μὲν ὀρεινοὺσ αὐτῶν φησὶν ὑμνητὰσ εἶναι τοῦ Διονύσου, δεικνύντασ τεκμήρια τὴν ἀγρίαν ἄμπελον παρὰ μόνοισ φυομένην καὶ κιττὸν καὶ δάφνην καὶ μυρρίνην καὶ πύξον καὶ ἄλλα τῶν ἀειθαλῶν, ὧν μηδὲν εἶναι πέραν Εὐφράτου πλὴν ἐν παραδείσοισ σπάνια καὶ μετὰ πολλῆσ ἐπιμελείασ σωζόμενα. (Strabo, Geography, book 15, chapter 1 116:1)

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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