Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

εὔσφυρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὔσφυρος εὔσφυρᾱ εὔσφυρον

Structure: εὐσφυρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: sfuro/n

Sense

  1. with beautiful ankles

Examples

  • ἔνθ’ ὅ γε δώματ’ ἔναιε σὺν αἰδοίῃ παρακοίτι νόσφιν ἄτερ φιλότητοσ ἐφιμέρου, οὐδέ οἱ ἠε͂ν πρὶν λεχέων ἐπιβῆναι ἐυσφύρου Ἠλεκτρυώνησ, πρίν γε φόνον τίσαιτο κασιγνήτων μεγαθύμων ἧσ ἀλόχου, μαλερῷ δὲ καταφλέξαι πυρὶ κώμασ ἀνδρῶν ἡρώων Ταφίων ἰδὲ Τηλεβοάων. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 2:8)

Synonyms

  1. with beautiful ankles

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

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