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ἀγκυλοχήλης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀγκυλοχήλης ἀγκυλοχήλες

Structure: ἀγκυλοχηλη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: xhlh/

Sense

  1. with crooked claws

Examples

  • ἀλλ’ ὁπόταν μάρψῃ βυρσαίετοσ ἀγκυλοχήλησ γαμφηλῇσι δράκοντα κοάλεμον αἱματοπώτην, δὴ τότε Παφλαγόνων μὲν ἀπόλλυται ἡ σκοροδάλμη, κοιλιοπώλῃσιν δὲ θεὸσ μέγα κῦδοσ ὀπάζει, αἴ κεν μὴ πωλεῖν ἀλλᾶντασ μᾶλλον ἕλωνται. (Aristotle, Prologue 5:18)
  • τί δ’ ἀγκυλοχήλησ ἐστίν; (Aristotle, Prologue 5:22)

Synonyms

  1. with crooked claws

Similar forms

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

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