• αϊσιμος/η/ον (aisimos/e/on): appointed by the will of the gods, destined
  • ήλιομανής (hēliomanēs): sun-mad, mad for love of the sun (epithet of the cicada)
  • μνιαρός (mniaros): mossy, soft as moss
  • δύσριγος (dysrigos): sensitive to cold
  • φερανθής (pheranthēs): flower-bringing
  • μελιττέρωτος (melipterōtos): honey-winged
  • μελίχρυσος (melichrysos): gold-honey-coloured
  • ύλαιος (hylaios): belonging to the wood or forest, wild
  • ύλογενής (hylogenēs): born in the forest or undergrowth
  • ροδοδάκτυλος (rhododaktylos): rosy-fingered (epithet of eos, goddess of the dawn)
  • δακέθυμος (dakethumos): heart-eating
  • φερέοικος (phereoikos): house carrier (epithet of the snail)
  • εύάστερος (euasteros): rich in stars
  • άθάνατος (athanatos): deathless, inmortal
  • όρειπλαγκτος (oreiplanktos): mountain-roaming

(i found this thread on twitter @/lavirgenroja and decided to save here because i didn't start studying greek... yet)

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