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ἱμεροθαλής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἱμεροθαλής ἱμεροθαλές

Structure: ἱμεροθαλη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: qa/llw

Sense

  1. sweetly blooming

Examples

  • Αἰόλον ἱμεροθαλὲσ ἐάρ φαίνουσα, μέλισσα ξουθά, ἐφ’ ὡραίοισ ἄνθεσι μαινομένα, χῶρον ἐφ’ ἡδύπνοον πωτωμένα, ἔργα τίθευ σύ, ὄφρα τεὸσ πλήθῃ κηροπαγὴσ θάλαμοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 5641)

Synonyms

  1. sweetly blooming

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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