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ἐριστάφυλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐριστάφυλος ἐριστάφυλον

Structure: ἐρισταφυλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: stafulh/

Sense

  1. made of fine grapes
  2. rich in grapes

Examples

  • ὁππόθι δενδρήεντα γέρων παρανήχεται Ἶρισ χῶρον, Ἁμαδρυάδων ἔνδιον ἁβροκόμων, καὶ λιπαρῆσ εὔβοτρυν ἀν’ ὀργάδα καρπὸσ ἐλαίησ θάλλει ἐρισταφύλων πάντοσε θειλοπέδων αἱ δὲ πέριξ λαλαγεῦσιν ἀηδόνεσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 668 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. rich in grapes

Related

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

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