Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πολυήμερος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολυήμερος πολυήμερον

Structure: πολυημερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: h(me/ra

Sense

  1. of many days

Examples

  • ἀναγγέλλω σοι σήμερον ὅτι ἀπωλείᾳ ἀπολεῖσθε καὶ οὐ μὴ πολυήμεροι γένησθε ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ, εἰσ ἣν ὑμεῖσ διαβαίνετε τὸν Ἰορδάνην ἐκεῖ κληρονομῆσαι αὐτήν. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 30:18)
  • καὶ οἵδε μὲν οὐ πολυήμεροι θνήσκουσι φλεγμονῇ καὶ πυρετοῖσι, κακωδίῃ καὶ ἀποσιτίῃ. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 104)

Synonyms

  1. of many days

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

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