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δρόσος

δρόσος, dew

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δρόσου Noun: feminine genitive singular of δρόσος

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δρόσος, ἡ,
  • dew, Hdt. 2.68, Pl. Ti. 59e: pl., A. Ag. 336, S. Aj. 1208 (lyr.), etc.
      • 2 in Poets, pure water, ποντία δ. A. Eu. 904; δρόσῳ ἐναλίᾳ, θαλασσίᾳ, E. IT 255, 1192; ποταμίᾳ δ. Id. Hipp. 127 (lyr.); ποταμίαισι δρόσοις ib. 78; ἐπὶ κρηναίαισι δρόσοις Id. IA 182 (lyr.); δρόσος alone, Ἀχελῴου δ. Id. Andr. 167; καθαραῖς δρόσοις Id. Ion 96 (lyr.); ἐκ ποταμῶν δρόσον ἄρατε Ar. Ra. 1339.
      • 3 of other liquids, δ. ἀμπέλου Pi. O. 7.2; δ. φοινία A. Ag. 1390, etc.; ἀπόπτυστος Ar. Eq. 1285; of oil, AP 5.3 (Phld.); of honey, Philostr. Her. 19.19; δ. καλάμου sugar, Antyll. ap. Orib. 10.27.18: metaph., δρόσος κώμων Pi. P. 5.99.
      • 4 down on the cheek, δ. καὶ χνοῦς Ar. Nu. 978, cf. Plu. Profect. 2.79d.
    • II metaph., the young of animals, A. Ag. 141 (lyr., pl.): in sg., δ. Ἡφαίστοιο Call. Hec. Fr. 260.19 Pf. [updated ref.].

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