Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀνήλιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνήλιος

Structure: ἀνηλι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. without sun, sunless

Examples

  • χρόνῳ δ’ ἀνελθὼν ἐξ ἀνηλίων μυχῶν Αἵδου Κόρησ <τ’> ἔνερθεν, οὐκ ἀτιμάσω θεοὺσ προσειπεῖν πρῶτα τοὺσ κατὰ στέγασ. (Euripides, Heracles, episode, anapests 5:9)

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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