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ἰοβλέφαρος?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: ioblepharos

Principal Part: ἰοβλέφαρος ἰοβλέφαρον

Structure: ἰοβλεφαρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. violet-eyed

Examples

  • συνεπιλήψεται δὲ τοῦ ἔργου αὐτῷ καὶ ὁ Θηβαῖος ποιητής, ὡς ἰοβλέφαρον ἐξεργάσασθαι: (Lucian, Imagines, (no name) 8:3)
  • τοὺς γοῦν τῆς Ἥρας ὀφθαλμοὺς τοῖς τῶν βοῶν εἴκασεν ἕτερος δέ τις ἰοβλέφαρον τὴν Ἀφροδίτην ἔφη. (Lucian, Pro imaginibus, (no name) 26:5)

Synonyms

  1. violet-eyed

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

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