Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀνέφελος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνέφελος ἀνέφελη ἀνέφελον

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

Etym.: nefe/lh

Sense

  1. unclouded, cloudless, not to be veiled or concealed

Examples

  • ἦν δὲ τοῦ ἔτουσ ἡ περὶ θέροσ ἀκμάζον ὡρ́α, τοῦ δὲ μηνὸσ πανσέληνοσ, ἡ δὲ νὺξ ἀνέφελοσ καὶ καταφανήσ, ὥστε καὶ φόβον τὰ ὅπλα παρέχειν ἀντιλάμποντα πρὸσ τήν σελήνην, μὴ τοὺσ φύλακασ οὐ λάθωσιν. (Plutarch, Aratus, chapter 21 1:2)
  • οὔτ’ ἀνέμοισι τινάσσεται οὔτε ποτ’ ὄμβρῳ δεύεται οὔτε χιὼν ἐπιπίλναται, ἀλλὰ μάλ’ αἴθρη πέπταται ἀνέφελοσ, λευκὴ δ’ ἐπιδέδρομεν αἴγλη· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 6 3:2)

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

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