Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀγκυλοχείλης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀγκυλοχείλης ἀγκυλοχείλες

Structure: ἀγκυλοχειλη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: xei=los

Sense

  1. with hooked beak

Examples

  • ἐλθὼν δ’ ἐξ ὄρεοσ μέγασ αἰετὸσ ἀγκυλοχείλησ πᾶσι κατ’ αὐχένασ ἦξε καὶ ἔκτανεν· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 19 55:12)

Synonyms

  1. with hooked beak

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

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