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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative φωστήρ φωστῆρε φωστῆρες
Genitive φωστῆρος φωστήροιν φωστήρων
Dative φωστῆρι φωστήροιν φωστῆρσιν*
Accusative φωστῆρα φωστῆρε φωστῆρας
Vocative φωστήρ φωστῆρε φωστῆρες

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

  • εἰσ τὴν εἰκόνα τῆσ Θεοτόκου εἰ ζωγραφεῖν τισ ἤθελέν σε, Παρθένε, ἄστρων ἐδεῖτο μᾶλλον ἀντὶ χρωμάτων, ἵν’ ἐγράφησ φωστῆρσιν, ὡσ φωτὸσ πύλη· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 15, chapter 171)

Synonyms

  1. that which gives light

  2. splendor

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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