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ἐαρινός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐαρινός ἐαρινή ἐαρινόν

Structure: ἐαριν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. of or in spring

Examples

  • Φυλότιμοσ δ’ ἐν γ’ καὶ ι’ περὶ τροφῆσ τὰ μῆλα, φησί, τὰ μὲν ἐαρινὰ δυσπεπτότερα πολὺ τῶν ἀπίων καὶ τὰ ὠμὰ τῶν ὠμῶν καὶ τὰ πέπονα τῶν πεπόνων. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 20 2:3)
  • τὰ δὲ ἐαρινὰ ὄστρεα καὶ τὰ κατὰ τὴν τοῦ θέρουσ ἀρχὴν κρείσσονα, πλήρη, θαλασσίζοντα μετὰ γλυκύτητοσ, εὐστόμαχα, εὐέκκριτα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 40 8:13)
  • τινὲσ δ’ αὐτῶν καὶ δίκαρπον ἔχουσι τὴν γῆν, καὶ δύο θεριστικὰ καρποῦνται, τὰ μὲν θερινὰ τὰ δ’ ἐαρινά· (Strabo, Geography, book 17, chapter 3 22:10)

Synonyms

  1. of or in spring

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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