Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄνθη

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Principal Part: ἄνθη

Etym.: a)/nqos

Sense

  1. full bloom

Examples

  • καὶ ἐγένετο τῇ ἐπαύριον καὶ εἰσῆλθε Μωυσῆσ καὶ Ἀαρὼν ἐν τῇ σκηνῇ τοῦ μαρτυρίου, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐβλάστησεν ἡ ράβδοσ Ἀαρὼν εἰσ οἶκον Λευὶ καὶ ἐξήνεγκε βλαστὸν καὶ ἐξήνθησεν ἄνθη καὶ ἐβλάστησε κάρυα. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 17:23)
  • τὰ ἄνθη ὤφθη ἐν τῇ γῇ, καιρὸσ τῆσ τομῆσ ἔφθακε, φωνὴ τῆσ τρυγόνοσ ἠκούσθη ἐν τῇ γῇ ἡμῶν, (Septuagint, Canticum Canticorum 2:12)
  • ἐγὼ ὡσ ἄμπελοσ βλαστήσασα χάριν, καὶ τὰ ἄνθη μου καρπὸσ δόξησ καὶ πλούτου. [ (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 24:17)
  • ὁ δὲ ταὼσ ἦροσ ἀρχομένου πρὸσ λειμῶνὰ τινα ἐλθών, ὁπότε καὶ τὰ ἄνθη πρόεισιν οὐ ποθεινότερα μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὡσ ἂν εἴποι τισ ἀνθηρότερα καὶ τὰσ βαφὰσ καθαρώτερα, τότε καὶ οὗτοσ ἐκπετάσασ τὰ πτερὰ καὶ ἀναδείξασ τῷ ἡλίῳ καὶ τὴν οὐρὰν ἐπάρασ καὶ πάντοθεν αὑτῷ περιστήσασ ἐπιδείκνυται τὰ ἄνθη τὰ αὑτοῦ καὶ τὸ ἐάρ τῶν πτερῶν ὥσπερ αὐτὸν προκαλοῦντοσ τοῦ λειμῶνοσ ἐσ τὴν ἅμιλλαν· (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 11:1)
  • ἀναλάμψει καὶ οὐ θραυσθήσεται, ἕωσ ἄνθῇ ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ κρίσιν. καὶ ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ ἔθνη ἐλπιοῦσιν. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 42:4)

Synonyms

  1. full bloom

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

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