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δακρυχαρής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δακρυχαρής δακρυχαρές

Structure: δακρυχαρη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: xai/rw

Sense

  1. delighting in tears

Examples

  • ὦ Νύξ, ὦ φιλάγρυπνοσ ἐμοὶ πόθοσ Ἡλιοδώρασ, καὶ σκολιῶν ὄρθρων κνίσματα δακρυχαρῆ, ἆρα μένει στοργῆσ ἐμὰ λείψανα, καὶ τὸ φίλημα μνημόσυνον ψυχρᾷ θάλπετ’ ἐν εἰκασίᾳ; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 1661)

Synonyms

  1. delighting in tears

Similar forms

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

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