Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀμάραντος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀμάραντος ἀμάραντη ἀμάραντον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + μαραντ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: marai/nw

Sense

  1. unfading, undecaying
  2. amaranth

Examples

  • ἔνθα δ’ ἐπ’ ἠπείροιο Κυταιίδοσ, ἠδ’ Ἀμαραντῶν τηλόθεν ἐξ ὀρέων πεδίοιό τε Κιρκαίοιο Φᾶσισ δινήεισ εὐρὺν ῥόον εἰσ ἅλα βάλλει. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 6:44)

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

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