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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

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)
  • οὐ δύναται μέλψαι χαρίτων πολυδαίδαλον αἴγλην οἱο͂σ μὲν προβέβηκε βαθυρρίζοισι θεμέθλοισ, νέρθεν ἀναθρώσκων καὶ αἰθέροσ ἄστρα διώκων οἱο͂σ δ’ ἀντολίησ μηκύνεται ἐσ δύσιν ἑρ́πων, ἀρρήτωσ Φαέθοντοσ ὑπαστράπτων ἀμαρυγαῖσ, τῇ καὶ τῇ πλευρῇσι· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 1, chapter 10 10:1)

Synonyms

  1. a sparkling

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

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