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αἴγλη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

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

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

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

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