Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

αὐδήεις

First/Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: αὐδήεις

Structure: αὐδηεντ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: au)dh/

Sense

  1. speaking with human voice, who used the speech of mortals

Examples

  • ἦλθε δὲ Νηρῆοσ θυγάτηρ, Θέτισ ἀργυρόπεζα, σηπίη εὐπλόκαμοσ, δεινὴ θεὸσ αὐδήεσσα, ἣ μόνη ἰχθὺσ οὖσα τὸ λευκὸν καὶ μέλαν οἶδε. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 12 8:1)
  • ἀγροῦ ἐπ’ ἐσχατιῆσ, ὅθι δένδρεα μακρὰ πεφύκει, ναίει ἐϋπλόκαμοσ δεινὴ θεὸσ αὐδήεσσα, ἢ θεόσ, ἠὲ γυνή· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 3823)
  • τὸν δὲ ἴδεν Κάδμου θυγάτηρ, καλλίσφυροσ Ἰνώ, Λευκοθέη, ἣ πρὶν μὲν ἐήν βροτὸσ αὐδήεσσα, νῦν δ’ ἁλὸσ ἐν πελάγεσσι θεῶν ἒξ ἔμμορε τιμῆσ. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 5 33:1)
  • ἔνθα δ’ ἔναιε Κίρκη ἐυπλόκαμοσ, δεινὴ θεὸσ αὐδήεσσα, αὐτοκασιγνήτη ὀλοόφρονοσ Αἰήταο· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 10 14:3)
  • ἡμῖν δ’ αὖ κατόπισθε νεὸσ κυανοπρῴροιο ἴκμενον οὖρον ἱεί πλησίστιον, ἐσθλὸν ἑταῖρον, Κίρκη εὐπλόκαμοσ, δεινὴ θεὸσ αὐδήεσσα. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 11 1:2)

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

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