Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

εὐναῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐναῖος εὐναῖη εὐναῖον

Structure: εὐναι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: eu)nh/

Sense

  1. in one's bed, in its form
  2. wedded
  3. making one keep one's bed, brooding
  4. of or for anchorage, steadying, guiding a ship

Examples

  • μῶν ὑπὸ θριγκοὺσ εὐναίασ καρφυρὰσ θήσων τέκνοισ; (Euripides, Ion, choral, anapests14)
  • ὕψι δὲ νηὸσ εὐναίασ ἐρύσαντεσ ἀνεκρούσαντο κάλωασ. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 22:13)
  • οἱ δ’ ἐπὶ νηὸσ εὐναίασ ἐρύσαντεσ ἐφετμαῖσ Αἰσονίδαο τυτθὸν ὑπὲξ ἕλεοσ χέρσῳ ἐπέκελσαν ἐρετμοῖσ. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 10:27)
  • ἐκ δὲ βυθοῖο εὐναίασ εἷλκον περιγηθέεσ ἄλλα τε πάντα ἄρμενα μηρύοντο κατὰ χρέοσ· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 15:2)
  • εἰσ τὸν αὐτόν Μηδοφόνουσ μὲν χεῖρασ ὑπὲρ γαμψοῖο κορύμβου ναὸσ ἀπορνυμένησ ἐξέταμον κοπίδεσ, ἁνίκα που, Κυνέγειρε, φυγάσ ποτε φορτὶσ ἐκείνα ὥσπερ ἀπ’ εὐναίασ εἴχετο σᾶσ παλάμασ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 1181)

Synonyms

  1. in one's bed

  2. wedded

  3. making one keep one's bed

Related

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

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