Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

λωφήιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λωφήιος λωφήιᾱ λωφήιον

Structure: λωφηι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from lwfa/w

Sense

  1. relieving, expiatory

Examples

  • βωμὸν δ’ ἐκέλευσα καμόντα Θυνιάδοσ νύμφησ, λωφήια ῥέξαι ἐπ’ αὐτῷ ἱερά, πατρῴην αἰτεύμενον αἶσαν ἀλύξαι. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 8:10)

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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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