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κρηναῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κρηναῖος κρηναῖη κρηναῖον

Structure: κρηναι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: krh/nh

Sense

  1. of, from a spring or fountain, spring

Examples

  • αἵματι δ’ ὁλκοὶ ἠύτε κρηναῖαι ἀμάραι πλήθοντο ῥοῇσιν. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 21:75)
  • κρηναῖαι λιβάδεσ, τί πεφεύγατε; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 5491)
  • "νύμφαι κρηναῖαι, κοῦραι Διόσ, εἴ ποτ’ Ὀδυσσεὺσ ὔμμ’ ἐπὶ μηρί’ ἔκηε, καλύψασ πίονι δημῷ, ἀρνῶν ἠδ’ ἐρίφων, τόδε μοι κρηήνατ’ ἐέλδωρ, ὡσ ἔλθοι μὲν κεῖνοσ ἀνήρ, ἀγάγοι δέ ἑ δαίμων· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 17 34:1)

Synonyms

  1. of

Related

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

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