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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

  • πῶσ οὖν ἔτ’ ἂν γένοιτ’ ἂν ἰσχυρὰ πόλισ, ὅταν τισ ὡσ λειμῶνοσ ἠρινοῦ στάχυν τόλμασ ἀφαιρῇ κἀπολωτίζῃ νέουσ; (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 2:13)
  • καὶ ἆθλα ὑποσχόμενοσ δώσειν τοῖσ πρώτοισ ἐκτειχίσασι, καὶ τοῖσ ἄλλοισ ὡσ ἕκαστοι ἄξιοι εἰε͂ν, ἀπετέλεσε τὸ τεῖχοσ ἀρξάμενοσ ἀπὸ ἠρινοῦ χρόνου πρὸ ὀπώρασ. (Xenophon, Hellenica, , chapter 2 13:2)

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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