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ὄρθριος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὄρθριος ὄρθριᾱ ὄρθριον

Structure: ὀρθρι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: o)/rqros

Sense

  1. at day-break, in the morning, early, in the morning, early

Examples

  • χρησμὸσ ἐρωτήσαντι Ῥουφίνῳ, πῶσ ἂν λάβοι ὁρ́κον παρὰ τοῦ ἰδίου ναυκλήρου εὖτ’ ἂν ὑπὲρ γαίησ ἀνέχῃ δρόμον ὄρθρια Τιτάν, λύσασ ἀκτῖσι ζοφερῆσ δηλήματα νυκτόσ, λάμπῃ δ’ αἰγλήεσσα νέον φάοσ Ἠριγένεια, δὴ τότ’ ἄγων παρὰ θῖνασ, ἁλιρράντουσ τε παρ’ ἀκτὰσ φῶτα στῆσον ἔναντα δεδορκότα πρὸσ φάοσ αὐγῆσ ἠελίου. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 14, chapter 721)

Synonyms

  1. at day-break

Related

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

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