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ζαθερής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ζαθερής ζαθερές

Structure: ζαθερη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: qe/ros

Sense

  1. very hot, scorching

Examples

  • οὐ μόνον ὑψηλοῖσ ἐπὶ δένδρεσιν οἶδα καθίζων ἀείδειν, ζαθερεῖ καύματι θαλπόμενοσ, προίκιοσ ἀνθρώποισι κελευθίτῃσιν ἀοιδόσ, θηλείησ ἔρσησ ἰκμάδα γευόμενοσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 1201)

Synonyms

  1. very hot

Similar forms

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

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