Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

θαλπνός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: θαλπνός θαλπνή θαλπνόν

Structure: θαλπν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: qa/lpw

Sense

  1. warming, fostering

Examples

  • εἰ δ’ ἀέθλα γαρύεν ἔλδεαι, φίλον ἦτορ, μηκέθ’ ἁλίου σκόπει ἄλλο θαλπνότερον ἐν ἁμέρᾳ φαεννὸν ἄστρον ἐρήμασ δι’ αἰθέροσ, μηδ’ Ὀλυμπίασ ἀγῶνα φέρτερον αὐδάσομεν· (Pindar, Odes, olympian odes, olympian 1 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. warming

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

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