Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἠεροφοῖτις

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἠεροφοῖτις ἠεροφοῖτιδος

Structure: ἠεροφοιτιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: foita/w

Sense

  1. walking in darkness

Examples

  • Ζεύσ τε πατήρ, καὶ Μοῖρα, καὶ ἠεροφοῖτισ Ἐρινύσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 470 1:1)
  • τῆσ δ’ ἠεροφοῖτισ Ἐρινὺσ ἔκλυεν ἐξ Ἐρέβεσφιν ἀμείλιχον ἦτορ ἔχουσα. (Homer, Iliad, Book 9 28:11)
  • ἐγὼ δ’ οὐκ αἴτιόσ εἰμι, ἀλλὰ Ζεὺσ καὶ Μοῖρα καὶ ἠεροφοῖτισ Ἐρινύσ, οἵ τέ μοι εἰν ἀγορῇ φρεσὶν ἔμβαλον ἄγριον ἄτην, ἤματι τῷ ὅτ’ Ἀχιλλῆοσ γέρασ αὐτὸσ ἀπηύρων. (Homer, Iliad, Book 19 8:10)

Synonyms

  1. walking in darkness

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

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