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ῥίγιστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ῥίγιστος ῥίγιστη ῥίγιστον

Structure: ῥιγιστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: Sup. adj. formed from r(i=gos (as ku=/distos from ku=dos)

Sense

  1. coldest: most horrible

Examples

  • Ἱκεσίου πρὸσ Ζηνόσ, ὅτισ ῥίγιστοσ ἀλιτροῖσ ἀνδράσι, Φοίβου τ’ ἀμφὶ καὶ αὐτῆσ εἵνεκεν Ἥρησ λίσσομαι, ᾗ περίαλλα θεῶν μέμβλεσθε κιόντεσ, χραίσμετέ μοι, ῥύσασθε δυσάμμορον ἀνέρα λύμησ, μηδέ μ’ ἀκηδείῃσιν ἀφορμήθητε λιπόντεσ αὔτωσ. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 4:5)

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

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