ἀμάραντος
From LSJ
ὄρνιθι γὰρ καὶ τὴν τότ᾽ αἰσίῳ τύχην παρέσχες ἡμῖν → for it was by a good omen that you provided that past fortune to us
English (LSJ)
[ᾰμᾰ], ον, (μαραίνω)
A unfading, λειμών Luc.Dom.9: metaph., σοφία LXX Wi.6.12; κληρονομία 1 Ep.Pet.1.4, cf. CIG2942c (Tralles); πνεῦμα prob. in IPE2.286 (Panticapaeum): neut. pl. as Adv., Philostr.Im.1.9. II Subst. ἀμάραντον, τό (but in Lat. amarantus), never-fading flower, IG14.607e (Carales), Poll.1.229; = ἑλίχρυσον, Dsc.4.57; = κενταύρειον μικρόν, Ps.-Dsc.3.7; = χρυσοκόμη. Id.4.55.
German (Pape)
[Seite 116] unverwelklich, N. T., daher eine nicht welkende Blume, Amarante.
