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φαιδρός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: φαιδρός

Structure: φαιδρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fa/w

Sense

  1. bright, beaming
  2. (figuratively) beaming with joy, bright, joyous, jocund

Examples

  • ἡ δὲ Φαίδρα, κἀκείνη τὰ ὅμοια κατειποῦσα τοῦ προγόνου, ἐπάρατον ἐποίησε τὸν Ἱππόλυτον γενέσθαι ὑπὸ τοῦ πατρὸσ οὐδέν, ὦ θεοί, οὐδὲν ἀνόσιον εἰργασμένον. (Lucian, Calumniae non temere credundum, (no name) 26:4)
  • ἀλλ’ ἐγὼ οἶδα τὴν αἰτίαν παρ’ ἡμῖν μὲν γὰρ ἀσφόδελοσ μόνον καὶ χοαὶ καὶ πόπανα καὶ ἐναγίσματα, τὰ δ’ ἄλλα ζόφοσ καὶ ὁμίχλη καὶ σκότοσ, ἐν δὲ τῷ οὐρανῷ φαιδρὰ πάντα καὶ ἥ τε ἀμβροσία πολλὴ καὶ τὸ νέκταρ ἄφθονον ὥστε ἥδιον παρ’ ἐκείνοισ βραδύνειν ἐοίκε. (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 2:4)
  • φαιδρὰ γὰρ ὡσ ὁρᾷσ καὶ προσηνήσ. (Lucian, Pro imaginibus, (no name) 16:15)
  • τὸ μὲν πρῶτον κατακοσμοῦσα ἑαυτὴν εὐπρεπῶσ καὶ εὐσταλὴσ οὖσα καὶ φαιδρὰ πρὸσ ἅπαντασ, οὐκ ἄχρι τοῦ καγχάζειν ῥᾳδίωσ καθάπερ σὺ εἰώθασ, ἀλλὰ μειδιῶσα ἡδὺ καὶ ἐπαγωγόν, εἶτα προσομιλοῦσα δεξιῶσ καὶ μήτε φενακίζουσα, εἴ τισ προσέλθοι ἢ προπέμψειε, μήτε αὐτὴ ἐπιλαμβανομένη τῶν ἀνδρῶν. (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 3:2)
  • θυμῷ δ’ οὔ τισ φαιδρὰ χορεύει τάρβουσ θυγάτηρ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 36 3:5)

Synonyms

  1. bright

  2. beaming with joy

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