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ἡλιώτης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἡλιώτης ἡλιώτες

Structure: ἡλιωτη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: h(/lios

Sense

  1. of the sun, the inhabitants of the sun

Examples

  • καὶ τὸ μὲν εὐώνυμον τῶν Ἡλιωτῶν αὐτίκα ἔφυγεν οὐδ’ εἰσ χεῖρασ δεξάμενον τοὺσ Ἱππογύπουσ, καὶ ἡμεῖσ εἱπόμεθα κτείνοντεσ· (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 1 17:3)
  • φόρον δὲ ὑποτελεῖν ἑκάστου ἔτουσ τὸν βασιλέα τῶν Σεληνιτῶν τῷ βασιλεῖ τῶν Ἡλιωτῶν δρόσου ἀμφορέασ μυρίουσ, καὶ ὁμήρουσ δὲ σφῶν αὐτῶν δοῦναι μυρίουσ, τὴν δὲ ἀποικίαν τὴν ἐσ τὸν Εὡσφόρον κοινῇ ποιεῖσθαι, καὶ μετέχειν τῶν ἄλλων τὸν βουλόμενον ἐγγράψαι δὲ τὰσ συνθήκασ στήλῃ ἠλεκτρίνῃ καὶ ἀναστῆσαι ἐν μέσῳ τῷ ἀέρι ἐπὶ τοῖσ μεθορίοισ. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 1 20:6)
  • ὤμοσαν δὲ Ἡλιωτῶν μὲν Πυρωνίδησ καὶ Θερείτησ καὶ Φλόγιοσ, Σεληνιτῶν δὲ Νύκτωρ καὶ Μήνιοσ καὶ Πολυλάμπησ. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 1 20:7)

Synonyms

  1. of the sun

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

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