Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀμφίκομος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀμφίκομος ἀμφίκομη ἀμφίκομον

Structure: ἀμφικομ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ko/mh

Sense

  1. with hair all round
  2. thick-leafed

Examples

  • ὣσ ἄρα φωνήσασ ἀπέβη ξανθὸσ Μενέλαοσ, πάντοσε παπταίνων ὥσ τ’ αἰετόσ, ὅν ῥά τέ φασιν ὀξύτατον δέρκεσθαι ὑπουρανίων πετεηνῶν, ὅν τε καὶ ὑψόθ’ ἐόντα πόδασ ταχὺσ οὐκ ἔλαθε πτὼξ θάμνῳ ὑπ’ ἀμφικόμῳ κατακείμενοσ, ἀλλά τ’ ἐπ’ αὐτῷ ἔσσυτο, καί τέ μιν ὦκα λαβὼν ἐξείλετο θυμόν. (Homer, Iliad, Book 17 72:1)

Synonyms

  1. with hair all round

  2. thick-leafed

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

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