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φιλάγρυπνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλάγρυπνος φιλάγρυπνον

Structure: φιλαγρυπν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. fond of waking, wakeful

Examples

  • ὦ Νύξ, ὦ φιλάγρυπνοσ ἐμοὶ πόθοσ Ἡλιοδώρασ, καὶ σκολιῶν ὄρθρων κνίσματα δακρυχαρῆ, ἆρα μένει στοργῆσ ἐμὰ λείψανα, καὶ τὸ φίλημα μνημόσυνον ψυχρᾷ θάλπετ’ ἐν εἰκασίᾳ; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 1661)

Synonyms

  1. fond of waking

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

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