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ἀμαρυγή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀμαρυγή

Structure: ἀμαρυγ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: from a)maru/ssw = marmarugh/

Sense

  1. a sparkling, glancing

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἀμαρυγή ἀμαρυγᾱ́ ἀμαρυγαί
Genitive ἀμαρυγῆς ἀμαρυγαῖν ἀμαρυγῶν
Dative ἀμαρυγῇ ἀμαρυγαῖν ἀμαρυγαῖς
Accusative ἀμαρυγήν ἀμαρυγᾱ́ ἀμαρυγᾱ́ς
Vocative ἀμαρυγή ἀμαρυγᾱ́ ἀμαρυγαί

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ὡσ δ’ ὁπότ’ ὠκὺ νόημα διὰ στέρνοιο περήσῃ ἀνέροσ, ὅν τε θαμειαὶ ἐπιστρωφῶσι μέριμναι, ἢ ὅτε δινηθῶσιν ἀπ’ ὀφθαλμῶν ἀμαρυγαί, ὣσ ἅμ’ ἔποσ τε καὶ ἔργον ἐμήδετο κύδιμοσ Ἑρμῆσ. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 5:4)
  • ὁ δ’ οὐρανίῳ ἀτάλαντοσ ἀστέρι Τυνδαρίδησ, οὗπερ κάλλισται ἐάσιν ἑσπερίην διὰ νύκτα φαεινομένου ἀμαρυγαί. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 1:22)
  • νύκτ’ ὀλοὴν οὐκ ἄστρα διίσχανεν, οὐκ ἀμαρυγαὶ μήνησ· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 27:24)

Synonyms

  1. a sparkling

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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