Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀκρόδετος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀκρόδετος ἀκρόδετη ἀκρόδετον

Structure: ἀκροδετ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. bound at the end or top

Examples

  • Δούνακασ ἀκροδέτουσ, καὶ τὴν ἁλινηχέα κώπην, γυρῶν τ’ ἀγκίστρων λαιμοδακεῖσ ἀκίδασ, καὶ λίνον ἀκρομόλιβδον, ἀπαγγελτῆρά τε κύρτου φελλόν, καὶ δισσὰσ σχοινοπλεκεῖσ σπυρίδασ, καὶ τὸν ἐγερσιφαῆ πυρὸσ ἔγκυον ἔμφλογα πέτρον, ἄγκυράν τε, νεῶν πλαζομένων παγίδα. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 51)

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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