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ἄνθος

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄνθος ἄνθεος

Structure: ἀνθο (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: note that a)nqe/wn shows up even in Attic.

Sense

  1. flower, blossom, bloom
  2. froth, scum
  3. bloom, peak
  4. brightness, brilliance

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ ποιήσεισ δύο κροσσωτὰ ἐκ χρυσίου καθαροῦ, καταμεμιγμένα ἐν ἄνθεσιν, ἔργον πλοκῆσ. καὶ ἐπιθήσεισ τὰ κροσσωτὰ τὰ πεπλεγμένα ἐπὶ τὰσ ἀσπιδίσκασ κατὰ τὰσ παρωμίδασ αὐτῶν ἐκ τῶν ἐμπροσθίων. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 28:14)
  • ἀμφὶ δὲ τήν γε Ὧραι καλλίκομοι στέφον ἄνθεσιν εἰαρινοῖσιν· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 11:6)
  • τῇ δὲ μιῇ παρελέξατο Κυανοχαίτησ ἐν μαλακῷ λειμῶνι καὶ ἄνθεσιν εἰαρινοῖσιν. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 29:3)
  • ἃ δὲ καὶ μεταξὺ λέγοντοσ αὐτοῦ γελᾶν προήχθην, ὅτι καὶ συγκατορύττειν ἑαυτοῖσ ἀξιοῦσι τὰσ ἀμαθίασ καὶ τὴν ἀναλγησίαν ἔγγραφον ὁμολογοῦσιν, οἱ μὲν ἐσθῆτασ ἑαυτοῖσ κελεύοντεσ συγκαταφλέγεσθαι τῶν παρὰ τὸν βίον τιμίων, οἱ δὲ καὶ παραμένειν τινὰσ οἰκέτασ τοῖσ τάφοισ, ἔνιοι δὲ καὶ στέφειν τὰσ στήλασ ἄνθεσιν, εὐήθεισ ἔτι καὶ παρὰ τὴν τελευτὴν διαμένοντεσ. (Lucian, Nigrinus, Nigrinou Fiaosofia 30:2)
  • ὦ περὶ πάντ’ ἐπὶ πᾶσί τε πράγμασι δωροδόκοισιν ἐπ’ ἄνθεσιν ἵζων, εἴθε φαύλωσ ὥσπερ ηὑρ͂εσ ἐκβάλοισ τὴν ἔνθεσιν. (Aristotle, Agon, antistrophe 23)

Synonyms

  1. flower

  2. bloom

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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