Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φοινός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: φοινός φοινή φοινόν

Structure: φοιν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fo/nos

Sense

  1. blood-red, blood-stained, murderous

Examples

  • παρ’ Ἀλκμᾶνι γοῦν οὕτω κεῖσθαι φοίναισ δὲ καὶ ἐν θιάσοισιν ἀνδρείων παρὰ δαιτυμόνεσσι πρέπει παιᾶνα κατάρχειν. (Strabo, Geography, Book 10, chapter 4 26:10)

Synonyms

  1. blood-red

Similar forms

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

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