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ἀφριόεις

First/Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀφριόεις

Structure: ἀφριοεντ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)fro/s

Sense

  1. foamy

Examples

  • φᾶ δὲ σίδαρον παιδὸσ ἑοῦ φύρδαν μεστὸν ἔχουσα φόνου, ἀφριόεν κοναβηδὸν ἐπιπρίουσα γένειον, δερκομένα λοξαῖσ, οἱᾶ Λάκαινα, κόραισ λεῖπε τὸν Εὐρώταν, ἴθι Τάρταρον· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 5312)

Synonyms

  1. foamy

Similar forms

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

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