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ἠρινός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἠρινός ἠρινή ἠρινόν

Structure: ἠριν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: h)=r

Sense

  1. of or in spring, in spring

Examples

  • ἦν δ’ ἀγασθῆναι τῆσ μὲν συνέσεωσ τὸ μηδαμῆ θρασὺ μηδὲ ἰταμὸν μηδὲ αὔθαδεσ, ἀλλ’ ἐν σχολαίῳ τῷ ἤθει τὸ ἀγχίνουν εἶναι, τῆσ δ’ αὖ σωφροσύνησ τὸ μηδαμῆ νωθρὸν μηδὲ ὕπτιον μηδὲ ναρκῶδεσ, ἀλλ’ ὥσπερ ὡρ́ασ ἠρινῆσ εὖ κεκραμένησ ἐξ ἴσου τὴν ὀξύτητα τῇ πραότητι καθεστάναι, καὶ μήτε τὴν σωφροσύνην μήτε τὴν χάριν εἰσ ἄλληλα βλάπτεσθαι. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 2:8)

Synonyms

  1. of or in spring

Related

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

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