πανθαλής

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 3 April 2017

Etymology

From πᾰν- (pan-, all) + θάλλω (thállō, to thrive, bloom) + -ής (-ḗs).

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

πᾰνθᾰλής (panthalḗs) m, f (neuter πᾰνθᾰλές); third declension

  1. (poetic) flowering, giver of all bloom
    • 500 BCE – 400 BCE, Bacchylides, Odes 13.228-229:
      τὰν εἰκ ἐτύμως ἄρα Κλειὼ
      πανθαλὴς ἐμαῖς ἐνέσταξεν φρασίν []
      tàn eik etúmōs ára Kleiṑ
      panthalḕs emaîs enéstaxen phrasín []
      And if it indeed
      was flowering Kleio
      who instilled [it] in my heart []

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