Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φαεινός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: φαεινός

Structure: φαειν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fa/w

Sense

  1. shining, beaming, radiant
  2. clear, distinct, far-sounding
  3. splendid, brilliant

Examples

  • ἐνθ’ ἥ γ’ εἰσελθοῦσα θύρασ ἐπέθηκε φαεινάσ· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 7:5)
  • εἶχε δ’ ἐπιγναμπτὰσ ἕλικασ κάλυκάσ τε φαεινάσ· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 8:9)
  • ἐν θαλάμῳ κατέθηκε, θύρασ δ’ ἐπέθηκε φαεινάσ. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 24:8)
  • ἐκ δὲ φαεινὰσ ἠλέκτρου λιβάδασ βλεφάρων προχέουσιν ἔραζε, αἱ μέν τ’ ἠελίῳ ψαμάθοισ ἔπι τερσαίνονται· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 10:28)
  • ἡ δ’ αἶψ’ ἐξελθοῦσα θύρασ ὠίξε φαεινὰσ καὶ κάλει· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 10 23:2)

Synonyms

  1. shining

  2. clear

  3. splendid

Related

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

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