Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀναύγητος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀναύγητος ἀναύγητη ἀναύγητον

Structure: ἀναυγητ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: au)gh/

Sense

  1. rayless, sunless

Examples

  • τοιοῦδε μόχθου τέρμα μή τι προσδόκα, πρὶν ἂν θεῶν τισ διάδοχοσ τῶν σῶν πόνων φανῇ, θελήσῃ τ’ εἰσ ἀναύγητον μολεῖν Αἵδην κνεφαῖά τ’ ἀμφὶ Ταρτάρου βάθη. (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, episode 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. rayless

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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