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ἀλαμπής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀλαμπής ἀλαμπές

Structure: ἀλαμπη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: = a)la/mpetos

Sense

  1. out of the sun's light
  2. obscure

Examples

  • "αὐτοὺσ τὴν σελήνην, σπίλων καὶ μελασμῶν ἀναπιμπλάντασ, ὁμοῦ μὲν Ἄρτεμιν καὶ Ἀθηνᾶν ἀνακαλοῦντασ, ὁμοῦ δὲ σύμμιγμα καὶ φύραμα ποιοῦντασ ἀέροσ ζοφεροῦ καὶ πυρὸσ ἀνθρακώδουσ, οὐκ ἔχουσαν ἔξαψιν οὐδ’ αὐγὴν οἰκείαν, ἀλλὰ δυσκρινέσ τι σῶμα, τυφόμενον ἀεὶ καὶ πυρίκαυστον ὥσπερ τῶν κεραυνῶν τοὺσ ἀλαμπεῖσ καὶ ψολόεντασ ὑπὸ τῶν ποιητῶν προσαγορευομένουσ. (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 5 1:3)

Synonyms

  1. out of the sun's light

  2. obscure

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

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