Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀργεστής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀργεστής ἀργεστές

Structure: ἀργεστη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: a)rgo/s

Sense

  1. clearing, brightening, detergens nubila caelo
  2. the North-west wind

Examples

  • Λὶψ ἄνεμοσ ταχὺ μὲν νεφέλασ, ταχὺ δ’ αἴθρια ποιεῖ, ἀργέστῃ δ’ ἀνέμῳ πᾶσ’ ἕπεται νεφέλη. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , 108)

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

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