Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄργυφος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄργυφος

Structure: ἀργυφ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. silver-white

Examples

  • "τῶν τε γὰρ περὶ τὸν Αἰάντα καὶ τὸν Ὀδυσσέα πρέσβεων ἀφικομένων, οὐδὲν ἔχων ἕτοιμον ἀναγκάζεται μαγειρεύειν ἐξ ὑπαρχῆσ καὶ ὀψοποιεῖν τόν τε Πρίαμον φιλοφρονεῖσθαι βουλόμενοσ πάλιν ἀναΐξασ ὀίν ἄργυφον σφάττει καὶ διαιρεῖ καὶ ὀπτᾷ, πολὺ μέροσ περὶ ταῦτ’ ἀναλίσκων τῆσ νυκτόσ. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 7, 13:4)
  • ἦ καὶ ἀναί̈ξασ ὀί̈ν ἄργυφον ὠκὺσ Ἀχιλλεὺσ σφάξ’· (Homer, Iliad, Book 24 57:1)

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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