Ἀγάννιφον

very snowy

Translated by William Hutton28 Mar 2000Vetting: high9 revisions

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Homer [sc. uses this adjective, when mentioning] the extremely snow-covered mountain.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀγάννιφον· Ὅμηρος, τὸ ὄρος τὸ λίαν χιονιζόμενον.

Betacode

*)aga/nnifon: *(/omhros, to\ o)/ros to\ li/an xionizo/menon.

Homer, Iliad 1.420 (web address 1 below) and again at 18.186 (web address 2).
From *aga-snighw-; cf. nu 294, nu 436.
Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius alpha105 Theodoridis.