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αἴγλη?

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration: aiglē

Principal Part: αἴγλη

Structure: αἰγλ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. the light of the sun, radiance, daylight
  2. any dazzling light, lustre, gleam

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative αἴγλη αἴγλα αἶγλαι
Genitive αἴγλης αἴγλαιν αἰγλῶν
Dative αἴγλῃ αἴγλαιν αἴγλαις
Accusative αἴγλην αἴγλα αἴγλας
Vocative αἴγλη αἴγλα αἶγλαι

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ὥστε γὰρ ἠελίου αἴγλη πέλεν ἠὲ σελήνης δῶμα καθ ὑψερεφὲς Μενελάου κυδαλίμοιο. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 6 2:3)
  • τὰ δὲ εἰς λη οὐκέτι, ὁμίχλη, φύτλη, γενέθλη, αἴγλη, τρώγλη, ὁμοίως οὖν καὶ τρίγλη. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 71 1:2)
  • ὅσα δ ἐπιπλοκὴν ἔχει τοῦ γ εἰς γ λήγει, τρώγλη, αἴγλη, ζεύγλη. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 125 1:1)
  • αἴγλη δέ μιν ἀμφιφαείνει μαρμαρυγαί τε ποδῶν καὶ ἐυκλώστοιο χιτῶνος. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, , <[Ei)\s A)po/llwna Pu/qion]> 2:10)
  • ἧς ἄπο αἴγλη γαῖαν ἑλίσσεται οὐρανόδεικτος κρατὸς ἀπ ἀθανάτοιο, πολὺς δ ὑπὸ κόσμος ὄρωρεν αἴγλης λαμπούσης: (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. the light of the sun

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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