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πατροστερής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πατροστερής πατροστερές

Structure: πατροστερη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ste/romai

Sense

  1. reft of father

Examples

  • οὕτω δὲ κἀμὲ τήνδε τ’, Ἠλέκτραν λέγω, ἰδεῖν πάρεστί σοι, πατροστερῆ γόνον, ἄμφω φυγὴν ἔχοντε τὴν αὐτὴν δόμων. (Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, episode 11:18)

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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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