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ἐρύθημα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐρύθημα ἐρύθηματος

Structure: ἐρυθηματ (Stem)

Etym.: from e)ruqai/nomai

Sense

  1. a redness on the skin, a blush, redness

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ΤΙΣ οὗτοσ ὁ παραγενόμενοσ ἐξ Ἐδώμ, ἐρύθημα ἱματίων ἐκ Βοσόρ, οὕτωσ ὡραῖοσ ἐν στολῇ βίᾳ μετὰ ἰσχύοσ̣ ἐγὼ διαλέγομαι δικαιοσύνην καὶ κρίσιν σωτηρίου. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 63:1)
  • ἴδοι δ’ ἄν τισ οὐδ’ ἀργὸν ἐνταῦθα τὸν χρυσὸν οὐδὲ μόνου τοῦ τέρποντοσ εἵνεκα τῷ λοιπῷ κόσμῳ συνεσπαρμένον, ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐγήν τινα ἡδεῖαν ἀπολάμπει καὶ τὸν οἶκον ὅλον ἐπιχρώννυσι τῷ ἐρυθήματι· (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 8:3)
  • ὁπόταν γὰρ τὸ φῶσ προσπεσὸν ἐφάψηται καὶ ἀναμιχθῇ τῷ χρυσῷ, κοινόν τι ἀπαστράπτουσι καὶ διπλασίαν τοῦ ἐρυθήματοσ ἐκφαίνουσι τὴν αἰθρίαν. (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 8:4)
  • ἐκεῖνο γάρ ἐστιν ὁ χρυσόσ, τὸ λαμπρὸν ὃ ἀποστίλβει, τὸ ὕπωχρον μετ’ ἐρυθήματοσ; (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 11:3)
  • οὐκ ἐπαινεῖται δὲ τοῦτο, ἢν μὴ ἐπιπρέπῃ αὐτῷ καὶ τὸ ἐρύθημα. (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, doris and galataea, chapter 3 1:1)
  • καὶ τὸ μὲν ἐρύθημα τὸ ἐκ τῆσ Μέθησ ἀπήνθει καὶ ἠφανίζετο, ἠρυθρία δὲ κατ’ αἰδῶ τῶν δρωμένων· (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 17:7)
  • τὴν μὲν δὴ πρώτην ἀνατροφὴν αὐτῶν μητράσι καὶ τίτθαισ καὶ παιδαγωγοῖσ ἐπιτρέπομεν ὑπὸ παιδείαισ ἐλευθερίοισ ἄγειν τε καὶ τρέφειν αὐτούσ, ἐπειδὰν δὲ συνετοὶ ἤδη γίγνωνται τῶν καλῶσ ἐχόντων, καὶ αἰδὼσ καὶ ἐρύθημα καὶ φόβοσ καὶ ἐπιθυμία τῶν ἀρίστων ἀναφύηται αὐτοῖσ, καὶ αὐτὰ ἤδη τὰ σώματα ἀξιόχρεα δοκῇ πρὸσ τοὺσ πόνουσ παγιώτερα γιγνόμενα καὶ πρὸσ τὸ ἰσχυρότερον συνιστάμενα, τηνικαῦτα ἤδη παραλαβόντεσ. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 20:7)
  • οὐ τὸ ^ μικρότατον, ὦ φιλότησ, εἰ μή σοι δόξει ὀλίγα πρὸσ εὐμορφίαν συντελεῖν χρόα καὶ τὸ ἑκάστῳ πρέπον, ὡσ μέλανα μὲν εἶναι ἀκριβῶσ ὁπόσα μέλανα, λευκὰ δὲ ὅσα τοιαῦτα χρή, καὶ τὸ ἐρύθημα ἐπανθεῖν καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα· (Lucian, Imagines, (no name) 7:3)

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

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