πολιός

poliosAdjectiveG8845

gray hair

Full Lexicon Entry

1.gray, grizzled, grisly, of wolves, of iron, of the sea, (Iliad by Homer)
2.mostly of hair, gray or hoary from age, (Homer); *πολιοί *gray-haired men, (Odyssey by Homer), etc.:—;absolute, *αἱ πολιαί *(i.e. τρίχες); (Pindar); *ἅμα ταῖς πολιαῖς κατιούσαις *as the gray hairs come down (i.e. from the temples to the beard), (Aristophanes Comicus); π. *δάκρυον ἐμβαλών *an old man's tear, (Euripides)
3.metaphorically hoary, venerable, (Euripides)
4.like λευκός, bright, clear, serene, (Hesiod)

Grammar

Part of Speech Adjective

Morphology G:A

DescriptionGreek Adjective

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