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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

  • ὥστ’ ἐν κυανανθέϊ Θ[ρᾳκὶ ναυβάτασ πόντῳ βορέασ ὑπὸ κύ‐ μασιν δαί̈ζει νυκτὸσ ἀντάσασ, ἀνατ[ελλομένᾳ λῆξεν δὲ σὺν φαεσιμβρότῳ ἀοῖ, στόρεσεν δέ τε πόντον οὐρία· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 13 25:1)
  • κεῖθεν δὲ ψυχὰσ θεοπειθέασ οὐρανὸν εἴσω ἤγαγεν ἀχράντοισιν ὑπ’ ἐννεσίῃσι τοκῆοσ, ἀνστὰσ ἐν τριτάτᾐ φαεσιμβρότῳ ἠριγενείῃ ἀρχέγονον βλάστημα θεοῦ γενετῆροσ ἀνάρχου. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 1, chapter 119 5:1)

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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