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φάος

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: φάος φάεος

Structure: φαο (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: epic nom. and acc. pl. fa/ea [a_ metri grat.]

Sense

  1. light, especially daylight
  2. (poetic) the life of men
  3. of the light or time of day
  4. a day

Declension

Third 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

  • μὴ σὺ γ’ ἐπ’ Ἀρμενίουσ ἐλάαν στρατόν, οὐ γὰρ ἄμεινον, μή σοι θηλυχίτων τισ ἀνὴρ τόξου ἄπο λυγρὸν πότμον ἐπιπροϊεὶσ παύσῃ βιότοιο φάουσ τε. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 27:5)
  • τὸν ἀφώτιστον ἀέρα καλοῦσι, κενόν, ὡσ ἐοίκε, φάουσ ὄντα· (Plutarch, De primo frigido, chapter, section 9 2:6)
  • ὁ μὲν Ὡρομάζησ ἐκ τοῦ καθαρωτάτου φάουσ, ὁ δ’ Ἀρειμάνιοσ ἐκ τοῦ ζόφου γεγονώσ, πολεμοῦσιν ἀλλήλοισ· (Plutarch, De Iside et Osiride, section 47 1:2)
  • ὁ μὲν γὰρ θάλαμοσ ἐν ὀχυρῷ ὢν τὰ πλείστου ἄξια καὶ στρώματα καὶ σκεύη παρεκάλει, τὰ δὲ ξηρὰ τῶν στεγνῶν τὸν σῖτον, τὰ δὲ ψυχεινὰ τὸν οἶνον, τὰ δὲ φανὰ ὅσα φάουσ δεόμενα ἔργα τε καὶ σκεύη ἐστί. (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 9 4:1)
  • τίκτε γὰρ εὐθὺσ ἀέλπτα μετ’ οὐ πολύ, καὶ τριποθήτου αὐτῆμαρ γλυκερὸν φέγγοσ ἐσεῖδε φάουσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 462)

Synonyms

  1. light

  2. the life of men

  3. a day

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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