Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄλπνιστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄλπνιστος ἄλπνιστη ἄλπνιστον

Structure: ἀλπνιστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: Sup. adj. ( cf. e)/palpnos )

Sense

  1. sweetest, loveliest

Examples

  • δύο δέ τοι ζωᾶσ ἀώτον μοῦνα ποιμαίνοντι τὸν ἄλπνιστον εὐανθεῖ σὺν ὄλβῳ, εἴ τισ εὖ πάσχων λόγον ἐσλὸν ἀκούῃ. (Pindar, Odes, isthmian odes, isthmian 5 3:3)

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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