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ἐύ̈ρρηνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐύ̈ρρηνος ἐύ̈ρρηνον

Structure: ἐϋρρην (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: r(h/n

Sense

  1. of a good sheep

Examples

  • ἔστι τισ αἰπεινοῖσι περίδρομοσ οὔρεσι γαῖα, πάμπαν ἐύρρηνόσ τε καὶ εὔβοτοσ, ἔνθα Προμηθεὺσ Ιἀπετιονίδησ ἀγαθὸν τέκε Δευκαλίωνα, ὃσ πρῶτοσ ποίησε πόλεισ καὶ ἐδείματο νηοὺσ ἀθανάτοισ, πρῶτοσ δὲ καὶ ἀνθρώπων βασίλευσεν. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 18:14)

Synonyms

  1. of a good sheep

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

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