Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑάλινος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑάλινος ὑάλινη ὑάλινον

Structure: ὑαλιν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: u(/alos

Sense

  1. of crystal or glass

Examples

  • ἐσθὴσ δὲ τοῖσ μὲν πλουσίοισ ὑαλίνη μαλθακή, τοῖσ πένησι δὲ χαλκῆ ὑφαντή· (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 1 25:1)
  • καὶ ἐνώπιον τοῦ θρόνου ὡσ θάλασσα ὑαλίνη ὁμοία κρυστάλλῳ. (APOKALUYIS IWANOU, chapter 2 74:1)
  • ὑαλίνη γὰρ αὕτη, ἐκεῖνοσ δ’ ἐν χρυσῇ κατέθηκεν· (Strabo, Geography, book 17, chapter 1 16:17)

Synonyms

  1. of crystal or glass

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

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