Ῥοδοδάκτυλος

rose-fingered, rosy-fingered

Translated by David Whitehead4 Dec 2002Vetting: high4 revisions

2 words

[Meaning] rose-coloured.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ῥοδοδάκτυλος· ῥοδόχρους.

Betacode

*(rododa/ktulos: r(odo/xrous.

Epithet of Dawn in Homer and Hesiod; cf. eta 201.
Same or similar entry in other lexica; references at Photius rho156 Theodoridis.

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