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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

  • μετὰ δὲ τοῦτον ἑκατέρωθεν διαρκεῖσ τοῖσ ’ ἀποδυομένοισ ἀποθέσεισ, καὶ μέσοσ οἶκοσ ὕψει τε ὑψηλότατοσ καὶ φωτὶ φαιδρότατοσ, ψυχροῦ ὕδατοσ ἔχων τρεῖσ κολυμβήθρασ, Λακαίνῃ λίθῳ κεκοσμημένοσ, καὶ εἰκόνεσ ἐν αὐτῷ λίθου λευκοῦ τῆσ ἀρχαίασ ἐργασίασ, ἡ μὲν Ὑγιείασ, ἡ δὲ Ἀσκληπιοῦ. (Lucian, (no name) 5:3)

Synonyms

  1. bright

  2. beaming with joy

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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