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ἀργύρεος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀργύρεος ἀργύρεη ἀργύρεον

Structure: ἀργυρε (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)/rguros

Sense

  1. silver, of silver

Examples

  • ἀλλ’ ἔμπησ αὐτὴν ζωγρήσομεν, ἢν ἐπιπέμψω Κύπριδοσ ἰχνευτὰσ ἀργυρέουσ σκύλακασ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 16 1:1)
  • παντοίη δ’ ἡ Κυθέρεια τανῦν, καὶ χρυσοῦν τίει, καὶ χάλκεον ἄνδρ’ ἐφίλησεν, καὶ τοὺσ ἀργυρέουσ οὔ ποτ’ ἀποστρέφεται. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 312)
  • καὶ πίθουσ τε ἀργυρέουσ τέσσερασ ἀπέπεμψε, οἳ ἐν τῷ Κορινθίων θησαυρῷ ἑστᾶσι, καὶ περιρραντήρια δύο ἀνέθηκε, χρύσεόν τε καὶ ἀργύρεον, τῶν τῷ χρυσέῳ ἐπιγέγραπται Λακεδαιμονίων φαμένων εἶναι ἀνάθημα, οὐκ ὀρθῶσ λέγοντεσ· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 51 4:3)
  • κρατῆρασ δ’ οἷσ ἐνεφύρων τὴν σεμίδαλιν μετ’ ἐλαίου χρυσέουσ μὲν ἑξακισμυρίουσ, ἀργυρέουσ δὲ δὶσ τοσούτουσ. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 8 116:3)

Synonyms

  1. silver

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

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