Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πολιός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολιός πολιή πολιόν

Structure: πολι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. gray, grizzled, grisly
  2. gray or hoary, gray-haired men, gray hairs, an old man's
  3. hoary, venerable
  4. bright, clear, serene

Examples

  • τοῦτό σοι ἠϊθέῳ Νίκη γέρασ, ὃ χρόνοσ ἄλλοισ ὀψὲ μόλισ πολιοῖσ ὤπασε, Πορφύριε. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 3381)
  • χαίρει καὶ σύριγγι νομεὺσ ἐν ὄρεσσι λιγαίνων, καὶ πολιοῖσ ἐρίφοισ ἐπιτέρπεται αἰπόλοσ αἰγῶν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 363 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. bright

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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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