Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κηώεις

First/Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κηώεις κηώεσσα κηώεν

Structure: κηωεντ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = khw/dhs, Il.

Sense

Examples

  • ἧσ καὶ ὑπ’ εὐώδει τύμβοσ ὄδωδε κρόκῳ, ἧσ ἔτι κηώεντι μύρῳ τὸ διάβροχον ὀστεῦν, καὶ λιπαραὶ θυόεν ἄσθμα πνέουσι κόμαι ᾗ ἔπι καλὸν ἄμυξε κάτα ῥέθοσ Ἀφρογένεια, καὶ γοερὸν λύζων ἐστονάχησεν Ἔρωσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 218 1:1)
  • τὸν δ’ ἐξήρπαξ’ Ἀφροδίτη ῥεῖα μάλ’ ὥσ τε θεόσ, ἐκάλυψε δ’ ἄρ’ ἠέρι πολλῇ, κὰδ δ’ εἷσ’ ἐν θαλάμῳ εὐώδεϊ κηώεντι. (Homer, Iliad, Book 3 43:7)

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

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