Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀρτίγονος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀρτίγονος ἀρτίγονη ἀρτίγονον

Structure: ἀρτιγον (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. just born

Examples

  • ἶρισ δ’ ἐν ῥίζῃσιν ἀγαλλίασ ἥ θ’ ὑακίνθῳ αἰαστῇ προσέοικε, χελιδονίοισι δὲ τέλλει ἄνθεσιν, ἰσοδρομεῦσα χελιδόσιν, αἵ τ’ ἀνὰ κόλπῳ φυλλάδα νηλείην ἐκχεύετον,9 ἀρτίγονοι δὲ εἴδοντ’ ἠμύουσαι ἀεὶ κάλυκεσ στομίοισιν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 31 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. just born

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

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