Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐγέρσιμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐγέρσιμος ἐγέρσιμη ἐγέρσιμον

Structure: ἐγερσιμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from e)/gersis

Sense

  1. from which one wakes

Examples

  • "Εὕδετ’ ἐμὰ βρέφεα γλυκερὸν καὶ ἐγέρσιμον ὕπνον, εὕδετ’ ἐμὰ ψυχά, δύ’ ἀδελφεώ, εὔσοα τέκνα· (Theocritus, Idylls, 3)

Synonyms

  1. from which one wakes

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

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