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νυμφογενής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: νυμφογενής νυμφογενές

Structure: νυμφογενη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: gi/gnomai

Sense

  1. nymph-born

Examples

  • οὐκέτ’ ἀνὰ Φρυγίην πιτυοτρόφον, ὥσ ποτε, μέλψεισ, κροῦμα δι’ εὐτρήτων φθεγγόμενοσ δονάκων, οὐδ’ ἔτι σαῖσ παλάμαισ Τριτωνίδοσ ἔργον Ἀθάνασ, ὡσ πρίν, ἐπανθήσει, νυμφογενὲσ Σάτυρε. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 81)

Synonyms

  1. nymph-born

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

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