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εὐπάρυφος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐπάρυφος εὐπάρυφον

Structure: εὐπαρυφ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: parufh/

Sense

  1. with fine purple border
  2. wearing such a garment

Examples

  • τὸν στρατιώτην ἐκεῖνον, Θαΐ, τὸν Ἀκαρνᾶνα, ὅσ πάλαι μὲν Ἀβρότονον εἶχε, μετὰ ταῦτα δὲ ἠράσθη ἐμοῦ, τὸν εὐπάρυφον λέγω, τὸν ἐν τῇ χλαμύδι, οἶσθα αὐτόν, ἢ ἐπιλέλησαι τὸν ἄνθρωπον; (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 1:1)
  • " ὅτε καὶ δείξασ τινὰ Κορίνθιον εὐπάρυφον, τὸν προειρημένον Ξενιάδην, ἔφη, "τούτῳ με πώλει· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, , Kef. b'. DIOGENHS 55:5)

Synonyms

  1. with fine purple border

Related

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

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