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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

  • "ἐκφέρετε πεύκασ κατ’ Ἀγάθωνα φωσφόρουσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, compendium in ce 2:2)
  • πῶσ δὲ φωσφόρεια, βακχεῖα, προτέλεια γάμων ἄξομεν, μὴ ἀπολιπόντεσ μηδὲ βακχεῖσ καὶ φωσφόρουσ καὶ προηροσίουσ καὶ σωτῆρασ; (Plutarch, Adversus Colotem, section 22 5:2)
  • ὦ δεινὴ καὶ ἀφεγγὴσ ἡμέρα, ἣ τὰσ φωσφόρουσ νύκτασ ἐξεῖλεσ. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 4:12)

Synonyms

  1. That which brings light

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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