Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἔπουρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔπουρος ἔπουρον

Structure: ἐπουρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. blowing favourably

Examples

  • εἴθ’ ἀνεμόεσσά τισ γένοιτ’ ἔπουροσ ἑστιῶτισ αὔρα, ἥτισ μ’ ἀποικίσειεν ἐκ τόπων, ὅπωσ τὸν Δῖον ἄλκιμον γόνον μὴ ταρβαλέα θάνοιμι μοῦνον εἰσιδοῦσ’ ἄφαρ· (Sophocles, Trachiniae, choral, strophe 21)

Synonyms

  1. blowing favourably

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

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