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φωσφόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φωσφόρος φωσφόρος φωσφόρον

Structure: φωσφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fe/rw

Sense

  1. That which brings light, light bearing
  2. torch bearing (often as an epithet of a god or priestess)

Examples

  • "ἀλλὰ τοῦ κατὰ λόγον κρατοῦντοσ, οἱ μὲν ὥσπερ ὄμματα φωσφόρα τῷ προσώπῳ τοῦ παντὸσ ἐνδεδεμένοι περιπολοῦσιν, ἥλιοσ δὲ καρδίασ ἔχων δύναμιν ὥσπερ αἷμα καὶ πνεῦμα διαπέμπει καὶ διασκεδάννυσιν ἐξ ἑαυτοῦ θερμότητα καὶ φῶσ· (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 155)
  • τῶν δὲ ὀργάνων πρῶτον μὲν φωσφόρα συνετεκτήναντο ὄμματα, τοιᾷδε ἐνδήσαντεσ αἰτίᾳ. (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 175:1)

Synonyms

  1. That which brings light

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