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ἴφιος

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Οὔτοι συνέχθειν, ἀλλὰ συμφιλεῖν ἔφυν → I was not born to hate, but to love.

Sophocles, Antigone, 523
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Transliteration A: íphios Transliteration B: iphios Transliteration C: ifios Beta Code: i)/fios

English (LSJ)

[ῑφ], α, ον, Ep.Adj., freq. in Hom., but only in phrase ἴ. μῆλα

   A fat, goodly sheep, Il.5.556,al., cf. D.P.753, etc.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1275] (ἶφι), stark, kräftig; bei Hom. ἴφια μῆλα, die starken, wohlgenährten Schaafe; wunderlich Hesych. ἀπὸ τοῦ ἰέναι σφοδρῶς ἢ σκιρτᾶν, E. M. ἰσχυροποιὰ τῶν ἐσθιόντων, Suid. ἰσχυρῶς βαδίζοντα.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἴφιος: -α, -ον, (ἶφι) Ἐπικ. ἐπίθ., συχν. παρ’ Ὁμ., ἀλλὰ μόνον ἐν τῇ φράσει ἴφια μῆλα, παχέα, εὐτραφῆ πρόβατα, Ἰλ. Ε. 556, κ. ἀλλ.