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φωστήρ?

Third declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration: phōstēr

Principal Part: φωστήρ φωστῆρος

Structure: φωστηρ (Stem)

Etym.: φῶς

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 εἶπεν ὁ Θεός. γενηθήτωσαν φωστῆρες ἐν τῷ στερεώματι τοῦ οὐρανοῦ εἰς φαῦσιν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, τοῦ διαχωρίζειν ἀνὰ μέσον τῆς ἡμέρας καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τῆς νυκτός. καὶ ἔστωσαν εἰς σημεῖα καὶ εἰς καιροὺς καὶ εἰς ἡμέρας καὶ εἰς ἐνιαυτούς. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:14)
  • 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)
  • καὶ τοῦ ἀνακαλύψαι φωστῆρα ἡμῖν ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν δοῦναι ἡμῖν τροφὴν ἐν τῷ καιρῷ τῆς δουλείας ἡμῶν; καὶ ἐν τῷ δουλεύειν ἡμᾶς οὐκ ἐγκατελείφθημεν ὑπὸ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν, (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 8:76)
  • ἀπὸ σελήνης σημεῖον ἑορτῆς, φωστὴρ μειούμενος ἐπὶ συντελείας. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 43:7)
  • φωστὴρ γὰρ εἶ σὺ καὶ λόγων καὶ τῶν νόμων, νόμοις δικάζων καὶ λόγοισιν ἐκπρέπων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 359 1:1)
  • φωστὴρ αὐτῆς ὅμοιος λίθῳ τιμιωτάτῳ, ὡς λίθῳ ἰάσπιδι κρυσταλλίζοντι: (APOKALUYIS IWANOU, chapter 19 55:1)

Synonyms

  1. that which gives light

  2. splendor

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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