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αἰπύνωτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: αἰπύνωτος

Structure: αἰπυνωτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. high-backed, on a high mountain-ridge

Examples

  • ἐπεὶ γὰρ ἦλθεσ πρὸσ Μολοσσὰ γάπεδα, τὴν αἰπύνωτόν τ’ ἀμφὶ Δωδώνην, ἵνα μαντεῖα θᾶκόσ τ’ ἐστὶ Θεσπρωτοῦ Διόσ, τέρασ τ’ ἄπιστον, αἱ προσήγοροι δρύεσ, ὑφ’ ὧν σὺ λαμπρῶσ κοὐδὲν αἰνικτηρίωσ προσηγορεύθησ ἡ Διὸσ κλεινὴ δάμαρ μέλλουσ’ ἔσεσθαι. (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, episode, lyric 9:1)

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

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