Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐχθεσινός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐχθεσινός ἐχθεσινή ἐχθεσινόν

Structure: ἐχθεσιν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = xqesino/s

Sense

  1. yesterday's

Examples

  • νυκτὸσ ἀπερχομένησ γεννώμεθα ἦμαρ ἐπ’ ἦμαρ, τοῦ προτέρου βιότου μηδὲν ἔχοντεσ ἔτι, ἀλλοτριωθέντεσ τῆσ ἐχθεσινῆσ διαγωγῆσ, τοῦ λοιποῦ δὲ βίου σήμερον ἀρχόμενοι. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 10, chapter 791)

Synonyms

  1. yesterday's

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

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