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ἀμφιδρυφής?

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration: amphidryphēs

Principal Part: ἀμφιδρυφής ἀμφιδρυφές

Structure: ἀμφιδρυφη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: δρύπτω

Sense

  1. having torn both cheeks

Examples

  • τοῦ δὲ καὶ ἀμφιδρυφὴς ἄλοχος Φυλάκῃ ἐλέλειπτο, καὶ δόμος ἡμιτελής: (Plutarch, An vitiositas ad infelicitatem sufficia, section 1 2:1)
  • τοῦ δὲ καὶ ἀμφιδρυφὴς ἄλοχος Φυλάκῃ ἐλέλειπτο, καὶ δόμος ἡμιτελής: (Plutarch, An vitiositas ad infelicitatem sufficia, section 1 5:1)
  • τοῦ δὲ καὶ ἀμφιδρυφὴς ἄλοχος Φυλάκῃ ἐλέλειπτο καὶ δόμος ἡμιτελής: (Homer, Iliad, Book 2 69:3)

Synonyms

  1. having torn both cheeks

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

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