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ἁμαξήρης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἁμαξήρης ἁμαξήρες

Structure: ἁμαξηρη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: v. -h/rhs

Sense

  1. of or on a carriage, a high-road

Examples

  • στῆθ’ αἳ μὲν ὑμῶν τόνδ’ ἁμαξήρη τρίβον, αἳ δ’ ἐνθάδ’ ἄλλον οἶμον ἐσ φρουρὰν δόμων. (Euripides, choral, strophe 14)
  • πιθοῦ λιποῦσα τόνδ’ ἁμαξήρη θρόνον. (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, episode13)

Synonyms

  1. of or on a carriage

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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