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ὀρφναῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀρφναῖος ὀρφναῖη ὀρφναῖον

Structure: ὀρφναι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from o)/rfnh

Sense

  1. dark, dusky, murky
  2. nightly, by night

Examples

  • τῆσ οἱήν τ’ ἐν ὄρεσσι κελαινὴν ἰκμάδα φηγοῦ Κασπίῃ ἐν κόχλῳ ἀμήσατο φαρμάσσεσθαι, ἑπτὰ μὲν ἀενάοισι λοεσσαμένη ὑδάτεσσιν, ἑπτάκι δὲ Βριμὼ κουροτρόφον ἀγκαλέσασα, Βριμὼ νυκτιπόλον, χθονίην, ἐνέροισιν ἄνασσαν, λυγαίῃ ἐνὶ νυκτί, σὺν ὀρφναίοισ φαρέεσσιν. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 14:29)

Synonyms

  1. dark

  2. nightly

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

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