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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 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 ἡμῶν̣ 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)
  • ὁ 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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