Ἁλιγενής

sea-spawned

Translated by Jennifer Benedict11 May 2000Vetting: high6 revisions

5 words

[Meaning] born in the sea.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἁλιγενής· ὁ ἐν θαλάσσῃ γεννηθείς.

Betacode

*(aligenh/s: o( e)n qala/ssh| gennhqei/s.

Same entry in ps.-Zonaras and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon.
The headword is an epithet of Aphrodite. (Plutarch, Moralia 685E says that poets called her this).