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εὐρυφυής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐρυφυής εὐρυφυές

Structure: εὐρυφυη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: fu/omai

Sense

  1. broad-growing

Examples

  • τῆσ γὰρ ἠπείρου τὸ καρτερώτατον νέμεσθε καὶ πιότατον, πεδίων δὲ καὶ ὀρῶν μεταξὺ καλλίστων ἵδρυσθε, καὶ πηγὰσ ἀφθονωτάτασ ἔχετε καὶ χώραν εὐκαρποτάτην ξύμπαντα μυρία φέρουσαν, πυρούσ τε ζειάσ τ’ ἠδ’ εὐρυφυὲσ κρῖ λευκόν, καὶ πολλὰσ μὲν ἀγέλασ, πολλὰσ δὲ ποίμνασ ποιμαίνετε καὶ βουκολεῖτε. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 17:2)
  • σὺ γὰρ πεδίοιο ἀνάσσεισ εὐρέοσ, ᾧ ἔνι μὲν λωτὸσ πολύσ, ἐν δὲ κύπειρον πυροί τε ζειαί τε ἰδ’ εὐρυφυὲσ κρῖ λευκόν. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 4 64:9)

Synonyms

  1. broad-growing

Similar forms

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

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