Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

αἰθαλόεις

First/Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: αἰθαλόεις αἰθαλόεσσα αἰθαλόεν

Structure: αἰθαλοεντ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ai)/qalos

Sense

  1. smoky, sooty, that are burnt out
  2. burning

Declension

First/Third 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

  • ἀμφοτέρῃσι δὲ χερσὶν ἑλὼν κόνιν αἰθαλόεσσαν χεύατο κὰκ κεφαλῆσ πολιῆσ, ἁδινὰ στεναχίζων. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 24 25:2)
  • ἀμφοτέρῃσι δὲ χερσὶν ἑλὼν κόνιν αἰθαλόεσσαν χεύατο κὰκ κεφαλῆσ, χαρίεν δ’ ᾔσχυνε πρόσωπον· (Homer, Iliad, Book 18 4:2)
  • τοτὲ δ’ ὀρθὸν ἀναστάντα πλωί̈ζοντ’ ἀλύοντ’ ἐπὶ θῖν’ ἁλὸσ ἀτρυγέτοιο, μηδὲ ἀμφοτέραισιν χερσὶν ἑλόντα κόνιν αἰθαλόεσσαν χευάμενον κὰκ κεφαλῆσ, μηδὲ ἄλλα κλαίοντά τε καὶ ὀδυρόμενον ὅσα καὶ οἱᾶ ἐκεῖνοσ ἐποίησε, μηδὲ Πρίαμον ἐγγὺσ θεῶν γεγονότα λιτανεύοντά τε καὶ ‐ . (Plato, Republic, book 3 44:4)

Synonyms

  1. smoky

  2. burning

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

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION