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ἐγερσιφαής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐγερσιφαής ἐγερσιφαές

Structure: ἐγερσιφαη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: fa/os

Sense

  1. light-stirring

Examples

  • Δούνακασ ἀκροδέτουσ, καὶ τὴν ἁλινηχέα κώπην, γυρῶν τ’ ἀγκίστρων λαιμοδακεῖσ ἀκίδασ, καὶ λίνον ἀκρομόλιβδον, ἀπαγγελτῆρά τε κύρτου φελλόν, καὶ δισσὰσ σχοινοπλεκεῖσ σπυρίδασ, καὶ τὸν ἐγερσιφαῆ πυρὸσ ἔγκυον ἔμφλογα πέτρον, ἄγκυράν τε, νεῶν πλαζομένων παγίδα. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 51)

Synonyms

  1. light-stirring

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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