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ἀμφίκρανος?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: amphikranos

Principal Part: ἀμφίκρανος ἀμφίκρανη ἀμφίκρανον

Structure: ἀμφικραν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: κάρα

Sense

  1. two headed
  2. surrounding the head

Examples

  • τήν τ ἀμφίκρανον καὶ παλιμβλαστῆ κύνα ὕδραν φονεύσας μυρίων τ ἄλλων πόνων διῆλθον ἀγέλας κἀς νεκροὺς ἀφικόμην, Αἵδου πυλωρὸν κύνα τρίκρανον ἐς φάος ὅπως πορεύσαιμ ἐντολαῖς Εὐρυσθέως. (Euripides, Heracles, episode, lyric 2:10)

Synonyms

  1. two headed

  2. surrounding the head

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

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