Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

νέρτερος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: νέρτερος νέρτερᾱ νέρτερον

Structure: νερτερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = e)ne/rteros

Sense

  1. lower, nether
  2. below

Examples

  • τόν, ὦ Γᾶσ παῖ καὶ Ταρτάρου, κατεύχομαι ἐν καθαρῷ βῆναι ὁρμωμένῳ νερτέρασ τῷ ξένῳ νεκρῶν πλάκασ· (Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, choral, antistrophe 12)

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

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