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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

  • Πύθωνοσ δέ τινοσ τῶν ἐν Μακεδονίᾳ εὐπαρύφων νεανίσκου ὡραίου ἐρεσχηλοῦντοσ αὐτὸν καὶ προτείνοντοσ ἐρώτημά τι σοφιστικὸν καὶ κελεύοντοσ εἰπεῖν τοῦ συλλογισμοῦ τὴν λύσιν, Ἕν, ἔφη, οἶδα, τέκνον, ὅτι περαίνει. (Lucian, (no name) 15:1)
  • ἰδὼν ’δέ τινα τῶν εὐπαρύφων ἐπὶ τῷ πλάτει τῆσ πορφύρασ μέγα φρονοῦντα, κύψασ αὐτοῦ πρὸσ τὸ οὖσ καὶ τῆσ ἐσθῆτοσ λαβόμενοσ καὶ δείξασ, Τοῦτο μέντοι πρὸ σοῦ πρόβατον ἐφόρει καὶ ἦν πρόβατον. (Lucian, (no name) 41:1)
  • ’ τῶν Ἀριστωνυμ ων δ’ ἦν εὐπαρύφων λόγων. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 78 2:4)

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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