Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

εὐκηλήτειρα

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐκηλήτειρα

Structure: εὐκηλητειρ (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: khle/w

Sense

  1. she that lulls or soothes

Examples

  • "καὶ λαθικηδὴσ καὶ κατὰ τὴν Ἡσιόδειον ἐκείνην ἀλεξιάρην παίδων εὐκηλήτειραν τῶν ἐν ἡμῖν ἀγερώχων καὶ ἀκόσμων παθῶν διὰ βάθουσ ποιοῦσα γαλήνην καὶ ἡσυχίαν; (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 3, 1:9)

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

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