Ancient Greek

Noun

ἀσφοδελός • ‎(asphodelós) m ἀσφοδελοῦ ‎(asphodeloû)

1. Covered in asphodel, flowery (in the phrase, κατ' ἀσφοδελὸν λειμῶνα)
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 11.538

     ὣς ἐφάμην, ψυχὴ δὲ ποδώκεος Αἰακίδαο
     φοίτα μακρὰ βιβᾶσα κατ᾽ ἀσφοδελὸν λειμῶνα,
     γηθοσύνη ὅ οἱ υἱὸν ἔφην ἀριδείκετον εἶναι.

     So he said, and the soul of the swift-footed son of Ajax
     returned and strode down the asphodel-covered meadow
     glad that I had said his son was outstanding.

Inflection

References

• ἀσφοδελός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀσφοδελός in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «ἀσφοδελός» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963