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

  • ἔρδοι τὴν ἔμαθέν τισ, ὅπου καὶ ὑπ’ Ἄλπιασ ἄκρασ ληισταὶ λασίαισ ἀμφίκομοι κεφαλαῖσ, φωρῆσ ἁπτόμενοι, φύλακασ κύνασ ὧδ’ ἀλέονται χρίονται νεφροῖσ πῖαρ ἔπεστιν ὅσον, ψευδόμενοι ῥινῶν ὀξὺν στίβον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 5161)

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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