Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

δηξίθυμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δηξίθυμος δηξίθυμη δηξίθυμον

Structure: δηξιθυμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = dake/qumos, of love, Aesch.

Sense

Examples

  • μήτρασ ὑείασ οὐκ ἀφεψηθεὶσ τόμοσ, τὴν δηξίθυμον ἐντὸσ ὀξάλμην ἔχων. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 58 2:4)
  • πάραυτα δ’ ἐλθεῖν ἐσ Ἰλίου πόλιν λέγοιμ’ ἂν φρόνημα μὲν νηνέμου γαλάνασ, ἀκασκαῖον <δ’> ἄγαλμα πλούτου, μαλθακὸν ὀμμάτων βέλοσ, δηξίθυμον ἔρωτοσ ἄνθοσ. (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, choral, strophe 3 1:1)

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

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