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ἀφρογενής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀφρογενής ἀφρογενές

Structure: ἀφρογενη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: gi/gnomai

Sense

  1. foam-born

Examples

  • εὕδεισ, ἀτηρῆσ ἆ τέκοσ Ἀφρογενοῦσ, οὐ πεύκην πυρόεσσαν ἐπηρμένοσ, οὐδ’ ἀφύλακτον ἐκ κέραοσ ψάλλων ἀντιτόνοιο βέλοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 2111)

Synonyms

  1. foam-born

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

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