Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄργυφος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄργυφος

Structure: ἀργυφ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. silver-white

Examples

  • πολλὸσ δὲ χρυσόσ τε καὶ ἄργυροσ ἔνδον ἔκειτο, πολλὰ δὲ φοινικόεντα καὶ ἄργυφα εἵματα νύμφησ, οἱᾶ θεῶν μακάρων ἱεροὶ δόμοι ἐντὸσ ἔχουσιν· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 25:11)
  • ἔνθα κ’ ἀύπνοσ ἀνὴρ δοιοὺσ ἐξήρατο μισθούσ, τὸν μὲν βουκολέων, τὸν δ’ ἄργυφα μῆλα νομεύων· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 10 11:5)

Synonyms

  1. silver-white

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

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