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ἁλιήρης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἁλιήρης ἁλιήρες

Structure: ἁλιηρη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: a(/ls, e)re/ssw

Sense

  1. sweeping the sea

Examples

  • ἢ νάσων, ἁλιήρει κώπᾳ πεμπομέναν τάλαι‐ ναν, οἰκτρὰν βιοτὰν ἔχουσαν οἴκοισ, ἔνθα πρωτόγονόσ τε φοῖ‐ νιξ δάφνα θ’ ἱεροὺσ ἀνέ‐ σχε πτόρθουσ Λατοῖ φίλᾳ ὠ‐ δῖνοσ ἄγαλμα Δίασ; (Euripides, Hecuba, choral, antistrophe 11)

Synonyms

  1. sweeping the sea

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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