Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

Νεφελοκοκκυγία

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Νεφελοκοκκυγία

Structure: Νεφελοκοκκυγι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: ko/kkuc

Sense

  1. Cloud-cuckoo-town

Examples

  • ἆρ’ ἐστὶν αὑτηγὶ Νεφελοκοκκυγία, ἵνα καὶ τὰ Θεογένουσ τὰ πολλὰ χρήματα τά τ’ Αἰσχίνου γ’ ἅπαντα; (Aristophanes, Birds, Lyric-Scene23)

Synonyms

  1. Cloud-cuckoo-town

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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