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ἀνήλιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνήλιος

Structure: ἀνηλι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. without sun, sunless

Examples

  • περίπατοι ἑώθεν, ἐπὶ τῆσ κοιλίησ ἐκκρίσι · εὔπνοοι δὲ καὶ εὔφοροι · ἄριστοι δὲ καὶ οἱ ἐπὶ τῷ δείπνῳ· αἰώρη μακρὰ, νήνεμοσ, ἀνήλιοσ τῇ κεφαλῇ· κακὸσ γὰρ αὐτέῃ ὁ σείριοσ. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU XRONIWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 64)
  • τίσ σε πάγοσ δυσέρημοσ, ἀνήλιοσ, ἐξέθρεψεν Βορραίου Σκυθίησ, ἄμπελον ἀγριάδα; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 5611)

Synonyms

  1. without sun

Related

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

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