Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐσθής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐσθής ἐσθές

Structure: ἐσθη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: e(/nnumi

Sense

  1. dress, clothing, raiment, the clothes of several
  2. clothes

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

  • Κῦροσ δὲ Κροῖσον ἐσ τὰσ χεῖρασ ἐσθεὶσ τῷ ἑωυτοῦ παιδὶ Καμβύσῃ, τῷ περ τὴν βασιληίην ἐδίδου, καὶ πολλὰ ἐντειλάμενὸσ οἱ τιμᾶν τε αὐτὸν καὶ εὖ ποιέειν, ἢν ἡ διάβασισ ἡ ἐπὶ Μασσαγέτασ μὴ ὀρθωθῇ, ταῦτα ἐντειλάμενοσ καὶ ἀποστείλασ τούτουσ ἐσ Πέρσασ, αὐτὸσ διέβαινε τὸν ποταμὸν καὶ ὁ στρατὸσ αὐτοῦ. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 208 2:4)
  • ἀπικομένῃ δὲ τῇ μητρὶ ἐσθεὶσ ἐσ τὰσ χεῖράσ οἱ τῶν σπλάγχνων κατικέτευε, τοιάδε λέγων. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 6, chapter 68 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. clothes

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

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