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ἀκήρωτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀκήρωτος ἀκήρωτη ἀκήρωτον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + κηρωτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: khro/w

Sense

  1. unwaxed

Examples

  • ὁ μὲν γὰρ Ἴκαροσ ἅτε κηρῷ τὴν πτέρωσιν ἡρμοσμένοσ, ἐπειδὴ τάχιστα πρὸσ τὸν ἥλιον ἐκεῖνοσ ἐτάκη, πτερορρυήσασ εἰκότωσ κατέπεσεν ἡμῖν δ’ ἀκήρωτα ἦν τὰ ὠκύπτερα, πῶσ λέγεισ ; (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 3:3)

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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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