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

  • Αὐτὰρ ὅτ’ αἰγλήεσσα φαεινοῖσ ὄμμασιν Ηὢσ Πηλίου αἰπεινὰσ ἴδεν ἄκριασ, ἐκ δ’ ἀνέμοιο εὔδιοι ἐκλύζοντο τινασσομένησ ἁλὸσ ἄκραι, δὴ τότ’ ἀνέγρετο Τῖφυσ· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 10:5)

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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