Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πολυήρατος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολυήρατος πολυήρατον

Structure: πολυηρατ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)ra/w

Sense

  1. much-loved, very lovely

Examples

  • μηδέ ποτ’ αἰενάων ποταμῶν καλλίρροον ὕδωρ ποσσὶ περᾶν, πρίν γ’ εὔξῃ ἰδὼν ἐσ καλὰ ῥέεθρα, χεῖρασ νιψάμενοσ πολυηράτῳ ὕδατι λευκῷ. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 86:1)
  • ἀλλ’ ὁ μὲν ἐν Θήβῃ πολυηράτῳ ἄλγεα πάσχων Καδμείων ἤνασσε θεῶν ὀλοὰσ διὰ βουλάσ· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 11 34:4)

Synonyms

  1. much-loved

Related

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

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