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ῥοδόεις

First/Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ῥοδόεις ῥοδόεσσα ῥοδόεν

Structure: ῥοδοεντ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: r(o/don

Sense

  1. of roses
  2. rose-coloured

Examples

  • κἠγὼ τῆνο κατ’ ἆμαρ ἀνήτινον ἢ ῥοδόεντα ἢ καὶ λευκοϊών στέφανον περὶ κρατὶ φυλάσσων τὸν Πτελεατικὸν οἶνον ἀπὸ κρατῆροσ ἀφυξῶ πὰρ πυρὶ κεκλιμένοσ, κύαμον δέ τισ ἐν πυρὶ φρυξεῖ. (Theocritus, Idylls, 33)
  • εἴριά τε ῥοδόεντα, καὶ ἐσ κυανότριχα χαίτην νάρδον, ὑπὸ γλαυκῆσ κλειομένην ὑάλου, ὄφρα χιτὼν μὲν χρῶτα περισκέπῃ, ἔργα δ’ ἐλέγχῃ χεῖρασ, ὁ δ’ εὐώδησ ἀτμὸσ ἔχῃ πλοκάμουσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 250 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. of roses

  2. rose-coloured

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

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