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εὐερνής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐερνής εὐερνές

Structure: εὐερνη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: e)/rnos

Sense

  1. sprouting well, flourishing

Examples

  • τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἀπὸ τῆσ γῆσ, ὁ στέλεχοσ αὐτὸσ εὐερνὴσ καὶ παχύσ, τὸ δὲ ἄνω γυναῖκεσ ἦσαν, ὅσον ἐκ τῶν λαγόνων ἅπαντα ἔχουσαι τέλεια ‐ τοιαύτην παρ’ ἡμῖν τὴν Δάφνην γράφουσιν ἄρτι τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνοσ καταλαμβάνοντοσ ἀποδενδρουμένην. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 1 8:2)
  • εὐερνεστέρουσ γὰρ εἶναι καὶ ἧττον ἕψεσθαι τῇ ξηρασίᾳ τοῦ περιέχοντοσ· (Strabo, Geography, book 2, chapter 3 14:10)
  • ἔστι γὰρ εὔβοτοσ ἡ χώρα καὶ εὐερνὴσ ὥστε καὶ τὰ ἀειθαλῆ τρέφειν καὶ ἄρωμα τὸ ἄμωμον· (Strabo, Geography, book 16, chapter 1 48:5)

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

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