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ἡλιοειδής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἡλιοειδής ἡλιοειδές

Structure: ἡλιοειδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ei)=dos

Sense

  1. like the sun, beaming

Examples

  • δὲ καὶ ἀλήθειαν, ὥσπερ ἐκεῖ φῶσ τε καὶ ὄψιν ἡλιοειδῆ μὲν νομίζειν ὀρθόν, ἥλιον δ’ ἡγεῖσθαι οὐκ ὀρθῶσ ἔχει, οὕτω καὶ ἐνταῦθα ἀγαθοειδῆ μὲν νομίζειν ταῦτ’ ἀμφότερα ὀρθόν, ἀγαθὸν δὲ ἡγεῖσθαι ὁπότερον αὐτῶν οὐκ ὀρθόν, ἀλλ’ ἔτι μειζόνωσ τιμητέον τὴν τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ ἕξιν. (Plato, Republic, book 6 525:1)

Synonyms

  1. like the sun

Similar forms

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

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