Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑγίεις

First/Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑγίεις ὑγίεσσα ὑγίεν

Structure: ὑγιεντ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: Boeot. for u(gih/s, Pind.

Sense

Examples

  • ὑγιέστερον γὰρ ἦν εἰπεῖν ἐστασίαζον αἱ πόλεισ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, , chapter 29 1:2)
  • καὶ τὴν παροιμίαν δὲ ὑγιέστερον Κρότωνοσ λέγουσαν ἐντεῦθεν εἰρῆσθαί φασιν, ὡσ τοῦ τόπου πρὸσ ὑγίειαν καὶ εὐεξίαν ἔχοντόσ τι φορόν. (Strabo, Geography, Book 6, chapter 1 24:11)

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

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