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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

  • πανοῦργοσ εἶ νὴ τὴν Ἑκάτην τὴν φωσφόρον. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Episode13)
  • εἴ τἄρα νὴ τὴν Φωσφόρον τὴν χεῖρ’ ἄκραν ταύτῃ προσοίσεισ, κύαθον αἰτήσεισ τάχα. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Episode 1:1)
  • ἀλλὰ νὴ τὴν Φωσφόρον ἔγωγ’ ἀποδείρασ’ αὐτίκα μάλ’ ἀνέρχομαι. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Episode31)
  • γίγνεται δὲ τοῦτο κατὰ μὲν τὸ πῦρ μονάδοσ τιθεμένησ, κατὰ δ’ ἀντίχθονα τριῶν, κατὰ δὲ γῆν ἐννέα καὶ κατὰ σελήνην εἰκοσιεπτά, καὶ κατὰ τὸν Ἑρμοῦ μιᾶσ καὶ ὀγδοήκοντα, κατὰ δὲ Φωσφόρον τριῶν καὶ μ’ καὶ σ’, κατ’ αὐτὸν δὲ τὸν ἥλιον θ’ καὶ κ’ καὶ ψ’, ὅστισ ἅμα τετράγωνόσ τε καὶ κύβοσ ἐστί διὸ καὶ τὸν ἥλιον ἔστιν ὅτε τετράγωνον καὶ κύβον προσαγορεύουσιν. (Plutarch, De animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 31 4:1)
  • Φωσφόρον ἐν διατόνοισ καὶ παρυπάταισ καὶ λιχανοῖσ κινοῦντεσ, αὐτὸν τὸν ἥλιον ὡσ μέσην συνέχειν τὸ διὰ πασῶν ἀξιοῦσιν, ἀπέχοντα τῆσ μὲν γῆσ τὸ διὰ πέντε τῆσ δὲ τῶν ἀπλανῶν τὸ διὰ τεσσάρων. (Plutarch, De animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 31 17:1)

Synonyms

  1. That which brings light

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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