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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

  • "ἀλλ’ ἵνα μὴ μακρὰν ἀποπλανᾶσθαι δοκῶμεν ἢ κομιδῇ φλυαρεῖν, οἶσθα τοὺσ παιδικοὺσ ἔρωτασ ὡσ εἰσ ἀβεβαιότητα πολλὰ λέγουσι καὶ σκώπτουσι λέγοντεσ, ὥσπερ ᾠὸν αὐτῶν τριχὶ διαιρεῖσθαι τὴν φιλίαν, αὐτοὺσ δὲ νομάδων δίκην ἐνεαρίζοντασ τοῖσ τεθηλόσι καὶ ἀνθηροῖσ εἶθ’ ὡσ ἐκ γῆσ πολεμίασ ἀναστρατοπεδεύειν· (Plutarch, Amatorius, section 2413)

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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