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φωστήρ

Third declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: φωστήρ φωστῆρος

Structure: φωστηρ (Stem)

Etym.: fw=s

Sense

  1. that which gives light, as the sun or stars
  2. splendor, radiance

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ ἐποίησεν ὁ Θεὸσ τοὺσ δύο φωστῆρασ τοὺσ μεγάλουσ, τὸν φωστῆρα τὸν μέγαν εἰσ ἀρχὰσ τῆσ ἡμέρασ καὶ τὸν φωστῆρα τὸν ἐλάσσω εἰσ ἀρχὰσ τῆσ νυκτόσ, καὶ τοὺσ ἀστέρασ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:16)
  • ἀλλ̓ ἢ πῦρ ἢ πνεῦμα ἢ ταχινὸν ἀέρα ἢ κύκλον ἄστρων ἢ βίαιον ὕδωρ ἢ φωστῆρασ οὐρανοῦ πρυτάνεισ κόσμου θεοὺσ ἐνόμισαν. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 13:2)

Synonyms

  1. that which gives light

  2. splendor

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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