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φωταγωγός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φωταγωγός φωταγωγόν

Structure: φωταγωγ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. guiding with a light, an opening for light, a window

Examples

  • ἐσ ἀγῶνα γὰρ προκαλέσασθαι αὐτὸν ἐπὶ ῥητῷ πληγῶν ἀριθμῷ, καὶ πρῶτον μὲν αὐτὸσ αὐλῆσαι πονηρῶσ, μετὰ δὲ παραδοὺσ τοὺσ αὐλοὺσ ἐκείνῳ δέξασθαι παρ’ αὐτοῦ τὸ σκῦτοσ καὶ τὸ ξιφίδιον καὶ ἀπορρῖψαι τάχιστα διὰ τῆσ φωταγωγοῦ ἐσ τὸ ὕπαιθρον τῆσ αὐλῆσ, καὶ τὸ ἀπὸ τούτου ἀσφαλέστεροσ ἤδη προσπαλαίων αὐτῷ ἐπικαλεῖσθαι τοὺσ γειτνιῶντασ, ὑφ’ ὧν ἀνασπασάντων τὸ θύριον σωθῆναι αὐτόσ. (Lucian, Symposium, (no name) 20:6)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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