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ἐπίηρα

Irregular declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπίηρα

Etym.: h)=ra

Sense

  1. acceptable gifts

Examples

  • ἢ σύγ’ ἔπειτα φασγάνῳ αὐτίκα τόνδε μέσον διὰ λαιμὸν ἀμῆσαι, ὄφρ’ ἐπίηρα φέρωμαι ἐοικότα μαργοσύνῃσιν. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 7:14)
  • Σχοινιέων, ἐπίηρα δέχθαι. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 13, chapter 22 2:1)
  • τοῖσιν δ’ Ἥφαιστοσ κλυτοτέχνησ ἦρχ’ ἀγορεύειν μητρὶ φίλῃ ἐπίηρα φέρων λευκωλένῳ Ἥρῃ· (Homer, Iliad, Book 1 61:3)
  • μητρὶ δ’ ἐγὼ παράφημι καὶ αὐτῇ περ νοεούσῃ πατρὶ φίλῳ ἐπίηρα φέρειν Διί, ὄφρα μὴ αὖτε νεικείῃσι πατήρ, σὺν δ’ ἡμῖν δαῖτα ταράξῃ. (Homer, Iliad, Book 1 61:6)

Synonyms

  1. acceptable gifts

Related

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

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