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ἀκροβαφής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀκροβαφής ἀκροβαφές

Structure: ἀκροβαφη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: bafh/

Sense

  1. tinged at the point

Examples

  • ὄμματα δινεύεισ κρυφίων ἰνδάλματα πυρσῶν, χείλεα δ’ ἀκροβαφῆ λοξὰ παρεκτανύεισ, καὶ πολὺ κιχλίζουσα σοβεῖσ εὐβόστρυχον αἴγλην, ἐκχυμένασ δ’ ὁρόω τὰσ σοβαρὰσ παλάμασ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 2511)

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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