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αὐγή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: αὐγή αὐγῆς

Structure: αὐγ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. light of the sun, sunlight
  2. (in the plural) rays, beams
  3. dawn
  4. any bright light, as of fire
  5. any gleam on the surface of bright objects, sheen

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • οὐ γὰρ δόμων γ’ ἑτέρουσ ἄρχοντασ ἀλλοδαποὺσ ζῶσά ποτ’ ὄμμασι ἐν φαεν‐ ναῖσ ἀνέχοιτ’ ἂν αὐγαῖσ ἁ τῶν εὐπατριδᾶν γεγῶσ’ οἴκων. (Euripides, Ion, choral, antistrophe 12)
  • ὄμμα γὰρ αἰθέροσ ἀκάματον σελαγεῖται μαρμαρέαισ ἐν αὐγαῖσ. (Aristophanes, Clouds, Parodos, strophe 12)
  • εἰ δὲ τέθριππά γ’ ἔθ’ ἁρ́ματα λεύσσων ἀελίου τάδε σώματα νεκρῶν ὄμματοσ αὐγαῖσ σαῖσ ἐπενώμασ ‐ τῶν μὲν ἐμῶν τεκέων φανερὸν κακόν· (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode, lyric 3:6)
  • τὸν ἥλιον δι’ ἀέροσ ὑγροῦ καὶ ἀναθυμιάσεων πλήθουσ ἀπέπτων ἀθρήσαντεσ οὐ καθαρὸν οὐδὲ λαμπρὸν ἀλλὰ βύθιον καὶ ἀχλυώδη καὶ ὀλισθαίνοντα ταῖσ αὐγαῖσ ὁρῶμεν. (Plutarch, De esu carnium I, chapter, section 6 8:3)
  • ι ὕπνοσ δὲ χαίρων ὀμμάτων αὐγαῖσ ἀναπεπταμένοισ ὄσσοισ ἐκοίμιζεν κοῦρον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 173)

Synonyms

  1. rays

  2. any bright light

    • σέλας (light, brightness, the bright flame or blaze of fire)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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