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ἀνθηρός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνθηρός

Structure: ἀνθηρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)nqe/w

Sense

  1. flowering, blooming
  2. blooming, fresh
  3. bursting into flower, at its height
  4. bright-coloured, bright, brightness

Examples

  • ὅταν δὲ προσελαύνωσιν οἱ ἱππεῖσ, διὰ τῶν προμάχων ἐκδραμόντασ μὴ προέσθαι τοὺσ ὑσσούσ, ὥσπερ εἰώθασιν οἱ κράτιστοι σπευδοντεσ ἐπὶ τὰσ ξιφουλκίασ, ἀλλὰ παίειν ἄνω συντιτρώσκοντασ ὄμματα καὶ πρόσωπα τῶν πολεμίων οὐ γὰρ μενεῖν τοὺσ καλοὺσ τούτουσ καὶ ἀνθηροὺσ πυρριχιστὰσ διὰ τὸν ὡραϊσμόν, οὐδὲ ἀντιβλέψειν πρὸσ τὸν σίδηρον ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖσ γινόμενον. (Plutarch, Pompey, chapter 69 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. flowering

  2. blooming

  3. bright-coloured

Related

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

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