The Homeric Greek word περκνός
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| Transliteration | perknos |
| Meaning | dusky, dark in colour |
| Synonyms | μόρφνος, πελλός |
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| Κυάνεαι ‘dark-rocks’, Λάμπος ‘bright’, ἄκμων ‘meteoric stone, thunderbolt’, ἀγλαός ‘splendid, shining, bright’, ἀπολάμπω ‘shine’, ἀποθυμιάω ‘smoke out’, ἀργεστής ‘clearing, brightening’, ἀργής ‘bright, glancing’, ἀργινόεις ‘bright-shining, white’, ἀργός ‘shining, glistening’, ἀστεροπή ‘lightning’, ἀστεροπητής ‘lightener’, ἀστράπτω ‘lighten, hurl lightnings’, ἀχλύς ‘mist’, αἴθω ‘light up, kindle’, αἶθος ‘a burning heat, fire’, αἰθής ‘burning’, αἰθός ‘shining, blazing’, αὔω ‘get a light, light a fire’, βροντάω ‘thunder’, βροντή ‘thunder’, δάος ‘firebrand, torch’, δαφοινεός ‘dark’, δαλός ‘fire-brand’, δνοφερός ‘dark, murky’, ἐπιφλέγω ‘burn up’, ἐρεβεννός ‘dark, gloomy’, ἐρεμνός ‘murky, black, dark’, ἐρίγδουπος ‘loud-sounding, thundering’, ἐσχάρα ‘hearth, fire-place’, εἱλέω ‘sun’, φάος ‘light’, φαέθω ‘shine’, φαεινός ‘shining, radiant’, φανός ‘light, bright’, φλέγμα ‘flame, fire, heat’, φλέγω ‘burn, burn up’, φλεγέθω ‘scorch, burn up’, φλόξ ‘flame’, φλόγεος ‘bright as fire’, φοινικόεις ‘dark-red, purple’, γάνυμαι ‘brighten up, be glad’, ἠέλιος ‘sun’, ἠεροειδής ‘misty, cloudy, dark’, ἰόεις ‘violet-coloured, dark’, καίω ‘kindle’, καπνόομαι ‘to be turned into smoke, burnt to ashes’, καπνός ‘smoke’, καταφλέγω ‘burn up, consume’, κατακαίω ‘burn completely’, καύστειρα ‘burning hot, raging’, καῦμα ‘burning heat’, κελαινός ‘black, dark’, κεραυνός ‘thunderbolt’, κήλεος ‘burning’, κνέφας ‘darkness’, κοῦφος ‘light, nimble’, κύανος ‘dark-blue enamel’, κυανόπρῳρος ‘darkprowed’, κυανοχαίτης ‘dark-haired’, λάμπω ‘give light, shine’, λαιψηρός ‘light, nimble, swift’, λαμπετάω ‘shine’, λαμπρός ‘bright, radiant’, λευκός ‘light, bright, brilliant’, ὄμβρος ‘storm of rain, thunder-storm’, ὀρφναῖος ‘dark, murky’, παμφαίνω ‘shine’, παμφανόων ‘bright-shining, radiant’, πίμπρημι ‘burn, burn up’, πρήθω ‘burn’, πῦρ ‘fire’, πυρετός ‘burning heat, fiery heat’, πυρίκαυστος ‘burnt in fire’, πυρόω ‘burn with fire, burn up’, πυρσός ‘firebrand, torch’, θεειόω ‘fumigate’, θεσπιδαής ‘kindled by a god’, θύος ‘burnt sacrifice’, ῥίμφα ‘lightly, swiftly’, σέλας ‘light, brightness, flame’, σελάω ‘shine’, σκίασις ‘shadowing, shade’, σκιάζω ‘overshadow, shade, darken’, σκιόεις ‘shady, shadowy’, σκότιος ‘dark’, σκότος ‘darkness, gloom’, τέφρα ‘ashes’, τεφρός ‘ash-coloured’, ζοφόω ‘darken’, ἀμαυρός ‘dark’, ἀνακαίω ‘kindle, light up’, ἐναύω ‘kindle’, εὐχροής ‘bright-colored’, φαάντατος ‘brightest’, ἰοδνεφής ‘dark as the flower’, κυανῶπις ‘dark-looking’, μελανόχροος ‘dark-skinned, black’, περιφλέγω ‘burn, blaze all round’, πυρπολέω ‘light and keep up a fire, watch a fire’, θειλόπεδον ‘sunny spot’ | |