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νήγρετος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: νήγρετος νήγρετον

Structure: νηγρετ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: nh-, e)gei/rw

Sense

  1. unwaking, that knows no waking, deep sleep, without waking

Examples

  • ὀνόματα καὶ ταύταισ, τῇ μὲν Νήγρετοσ, τῇ δὲ Παννυχία. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 2 33:3)
  • εὖθ’ οἱ ἀνακλινθέντεσ ἀνερρίπτουν ἅλα πηδῷ, καὶ τῷ νήδυμοσ ὕπνοσ ἐπὶ βλεφάροισιν ἔπιπτε, νήγρετοσ, ἥδιστοσ, θανάτῳ ἄγχιστα ἐοικώσ. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 13 11:5)

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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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