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ἀγχινεφής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀγχινεφής ἀγχινεφές

Structure: ἀγχινεφη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ne/fos

Sense

  1. near the clouds

Examples

  • ἀμφὶ δ’ οἱ σμαράγει μὲν ἐναυλιστήριον ἄντρον, ἄχει δ’ ὑλάεισ ἀγχινεφὴσ σκόπελοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 219 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. near the clouds

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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