Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φιλάγρυπνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλάγρυπνος φιλάγρυπνον

Structure: φιλαγρυπν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. fond of waking, wakeful

Examples

  • ὄμμα δέ μευ Βρομίῳ βεβαρημένον, ἠδ’ ἀπὸ κώμων τερπνὰ φιλαγρύπνων σήματα παννυχίδων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 3092)

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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