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ἀμφιλύκη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀμφιλύκη

Structure: ἀμφιλυκ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: v. Lu/kh

Sense

  1. the morning-twilight, gray of morning

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

  • Ἦμοσ δ’ οὔτ’ ἄρ πω φάοσ ἄμβροτον, οὔτ’ ἔτι λίην ὀρφναίη πέλεται, λεπτὸν δ’ ἐπιδέδρομε νυκτὶ φέγγοσ, ὅτ’ ἀμφιλύκην μιν ἀνεγρόμενοι καλέουσιν, τῆμοσ ἐρημαίησ νήσου λιμέν’ εἰσελάσαντεσ Θυνιάδοσ, καμάτῳ πολυπήμονι βαῖνον ἔραζε. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 11:1)
  • ἀμάθυνε δὲ χαίτην, ἣν μόλισ ἐσ τρισσὴν πλέξαμεν ἀμφιλύκην. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 2812)
  • τρισσὴ δ’ ἀμφιλύκη δρόμον ἤνυσεν, ἐξότε μίμνει τὸ βρέφοσ ἀπρήκτοισ ἐλπίσι τικτόμενον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 583 1:1)
  • ἦμοσ δ’ οὔτ’ ἄρ πω ἠώσ, ἔτι δ’ ἀμφιλύκη νύξ, τῆμοσ ἄρ’ ἀμφὶ πυρὴν κριτὸσ ἔγρετο λαὸσ Ἀχαιῶν, τύμβον δ’ ἀμφ’ αὐτὴν ἕνα ποίεον ἐξαγαγόντεσ ἄκριτον ἐκ πεδίου, ποτὶ δ’ αὐτὸν τεῖχοσ ἔδειμαν πύργουσ θ’ ὑψηλούσ, εἶλαρ νηῶν τε καὶ αὐτῶν. (Homer, Iliad, Book 7 41:1)

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

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