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πηγαῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πηγαῖος

Structure: πηγαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: phgh/

Sense

  1. of or from a well

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τὰ γὰρ πηγαῖα καὶ ποτάμια νάματα πρόσφατα μέν ἐστι καὶ νεογενῆ· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Naturales, chapter 2 4:2)
  • διὸ καὶ τὰ πηγαῖα τῶν ὑδάτων χλιαρώτερα τοῦ χειμῶνόσ ἐστι καὶ μᾶλλον ἀτμίζουσιν αἱ λίμναι καὶ οἱ ποταμοί· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Naturales, chapter 13 1:1)
  • οὕτω δὲ καὶ τὰ πηγαῖα τῶν ὑδάτων ἀναγκαῖόν ἐστιν ἀναφέρεσθαι, τοῦ θύραθεν ἀέροσ εἰσ τὰσ κενουμένασ ἐν βάθει χώρασ ὑποφερομένου καὶ πάλιν θύραζε τὸ ὕδωρ ἐκπέμποντοσ. (Plutarch, Platonicae quaestiones, chapter 7, section 8 6:1)
  • αὐτὸσ δὲ τήν τε ἐν μέσῳ νῆσον οἱᾶ δὴ θεὸσ εὐμαρῶσ διεκόσμησεν, ὕδατα μὲν διττὰ ὑπὸ γῆσ ἄνω πηγαῖα κομίσασ, τὸ μὲν θερμόν, ψυχρὸν δὲ ἐκ κρήνησ ἀπορρέον ἕτερον, τροφὴν δὲ παντοίαν καὶ ἱκανὴν ἐκ τῆσ γῆσ ἀναδιδούσ. (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 53:2)
  • τά τε πηγαῖα ὕδατα, ἐάντε τὶσ ποταμὸσ ἐάντε καὶ κρήνη ᾖ, κοσμοῦντεσ φυτεύμασί τε καὶ οἰκοδομήμασιν εὐπρεπέστερα, καὶ συνάγοντεσ μεταλλείαισ νάματα, πάντα ἄφθονα ποιῶσιν, ὑδρείαισ τε καθ’ ἑκάστασ τὰσ ὡρ́ασ, εἴ τί που ἄλσοσ ἢ τέμενοσ περὶ ταῦτα ἀφειμένον ᾖ, τὰ ῥεύματα ἀφιέντεσ εἰσ αὐτὰ τὰ τῶν θεῶν ἱερά, κοσμῶσι. (Plato, Laws, book 6 70:1)

Synonyms

  1. of or from a well

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