Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

σφωίτερος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: σφωίτερος σφωίτερᾱ σφωίτερον

Structure: σφωιτερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: possess. adj. of sfw=i, Pron. of 2nd pers. dual

Sense

  1. of you two, of you two, thine own, thine, thy
  2. his or her own

Examples

  • Καὶ τότ’ ἄρ’ Αἰήτησ περὶ μὲν στήθεσσιν ἑέστο θώρηκα στάδιον, τόν οἱ πόρεν ἐξεναρίξασ σφωιτέραισ Φλεγραῖον Ἄρησ ὑπὸ χερσὶ Μίμαντα· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 20:21)
  • τοὶ μέν ῥα διάνδιχα νηυσὶν ἔκελσαν σφωιτέραισ κρινθέντεσ· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 8:24)

Synonyms

  1. his or her own

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

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