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βαπτός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: βαπτός

Structure: βαπτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from ba/ptw

Sense

  1. dipped, dyed, bright-coloured
  2. for dyeing
  3. drawn by dipping vessels

Examples

  • ἡ δέ μιν ἀρκεύθοιο νέον τετμηότι θαλλῷ βάπτουσ’ ἐκ κυκεῶνοσ ἀκήρατα φάρμακ’ ἀοιδαῖσ ῥαῖνε κατ’ ὀφθαλμῶν· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 3:17)

Synonyms

  1. dipped

  2. for dyeing

Related

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

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