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

  • χοροὶ μέλπουσιν ἐγκύκλιοι, πλησιστίοισι πνοαῖσ συριζόντων κατὰ πρύμναν εὐναίων πηδαλίων αὔραισ <σὺν> νοτίαισ ἢ πνεύμασι Ζεφύρου, τὰν πολυόρνιθον ἐπ’ αἶ‐ αν, λευκὰν ἀκτάν, Ἀχιλῆ‐ οσ δρόμουσ καλλισταδίουσ, ἄξεινον κατὰ πόντον; (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, choral, strophe 25)
  • ἐπεὶ τίσ ηὔχει τήνδ’ ἀνέλπιστον φυγὴν κέλσειν ἐσ Ἄργοσ κῆδοσ ἐγγενὲσ τὸ πρίν, ἔχθει μεταπτοιοῦσαν εὐναίων γάμων; (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, episode 8:8)
  • πολλάκι δ’ εὐναίων ὀάρων βεβιημένοσ ὁρμῇ, αὐτὴν ἐσ φιλότητα χυτῆσ ἀλόχοιο περήσασ, ἑστήκεισ ἄχραντον ὁρῶν Ἀρεθούσιον ὕδωρ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 362 3:1)
  • ὄζει δὲ τῶν ἰχνῶν ἐπὶ πλείω χρόνον τῶν εὐναίων ἢ τῶν δρομαίων· (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 5 8:1)

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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