Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἰοβλέφαρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἰοβλέφαρος ἰοβλέφαρον

Structure: ἰοβλεφαρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: i)/on, ble/faron

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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