Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

διακαής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: διακαής διακαές

Structure: διακαη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: diakai/w

Sense

  1. burnt through, very hot

Examples

  • γέγραπται τῷ ζήλῳ διακαήσ, τὼ παῖδε ὑποβλέπουσα καί τι δεινὸν ἐννοοῦσα· (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 31:2)

Synonyms

  1. burnt through

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

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