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θερινός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: θερινός θερινή θερινόν

Structure: θεριν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = qe/reios, Pind., Xen., etc.

Sense

  1. of or in summer

Examples

  • "τὰ δὲ θερινὰ μᾶλλον, ἥ τε λυχνὶσ καὶ τὸ Διὸσ ἄνθοσ καὶ τὸ κρίνον καὶ τὸ ἴφυον καὶ ἀμάρακοσ ὁ Φρύγιοσ, ἔτι δὲ ὁ πόθοσ καλούμενοσ, οὗτοσ δὲ ἐστι διττόσ, ὁ μὲν ἔχων τὸ ἄνθοσ ὅμοιον ὑακίνθῳ, ὁ δ’ ἕτεροσ ἄχρωσ, ἔκλευκοσ,1 ᾧ χρῶνται πρὸσ τοὺσ τάφουσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 24 2:1)
  • "τὸ δὲ ῥόδον ὑστερεῖ τούτων καὶ τελευταῖον μὲν φαίνεται, πρῶτον δὲ παύεται, τὸ δὲ θερινὰ μᾶλλον, ἥ τε λυχνὶσ καὶ τὸ Διὸσ ἄνθοσ καὶ τὸ κρίνον καὶ τὸ ἴφυον καὶ ἀμάρακοσ ὁ Φρύγιοσ, ἔτι δὲ ὁ πόθοσ καλούμενοσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 276)
  • εἶναι δὲ αὐτῶν τὰ μὲν θερινὰ κακοχυλότερα, τὰ δὲ φθινοπωρινὰ εὐχυλότερα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 20 1:2)
  • Ἀτθὶ κόρα μελίθρεπτε, λάλοσ λάλον ἁρπάξασα τέττιγα πτανοῖσ δαῖτα φέρεισ τέκεσιν, τὸν λάλον ἁ λαλόεσσα, τὸν εὔπτερον ἁ πτερόεσσα, τὸν ξένον ἁ ξείνα, τὸν θερινὸν θερινά; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 1221)
  • τινὲσ δ’ αὐτῶν καὶ δίκαρπον ἔχουσι τὴν γῆν, καὶ δύο θεριστικὰ καρποῦνται, τὰ μὲν θερινὰ τὰ δ’ ἐαρινά· (Strabo, Geography, book 17, chapter 3 22:10)

Synonyms

  1. of or in summer

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