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φαεσίμβροτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φαεσίμβροτος

Structure: φαεσιμβροτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fa/os, bro/tos, with m inserted

Sense

  1. bringing light to mortals

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • Αἰήτησ δ’ υἱὸσ φαεσιμβρότου Ηἐλίοιο κούρην Ὠκεανοῖο τελήεντοσ ποταμοῖο γῆμε θεῶν βουλῇσιν Ἰδυῖαν καλλιπάρῃον. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 101:2)
  • ἄμφω δ’ ἐκγεγάτην φαεσιμβρότου Ηἐλίοιο μητρόσ τ’ ἐκ Πέρσησ, τὴν Ὠκεανὸσ τέκε παῖδα. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 10 14:4)

Synonyms

  1. bringing light to mortals

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

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