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αἴθαλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: αἴθαλος αἴθαλη αἴθαλον

Structure: αἰθαλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ai)/qw

Sense

  1. soot

Examples

  • πλὴν ἐκεῖνό γε θαυμάζω, τὸ ἀνέχεσθαι συνούσασ αὐτῷ, καὶ μάλιστα ὅταν ὁρῶσιν ἱδρῶτι ῥεόμενον, ἐσ τὴν κάμινον ἐπικεκυφότα, πολὺν αἴθαλον ἐπὶ τοῦ προσώπου ἔχοντα· (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 2:3)

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

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