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ἀμφικρεμής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀμφικρεμής ἀμφικρεμές

Structure: ἀμφικρεμη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: kre/mamai

Sense

  1. hanging round or over

Examples

  • εἰσ τὸ αὐτό ἁρπάσομαι πυρόεσσαν, Ἔρωσ, χερὸσ ἐκ σέο πεύκην, συλήσω δ’ ὤμων ἀμφικρεμῆ φαρέτρην, εἲ γ’ ἐτύμωσ εὕδεισ, πυρὸσ ἔγγονε, καὶ σέο φῶτεσ πρὸσ βαιὸν τόξων εὐνομίην ἄγομεν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 2121)

Synonyms

  1. hanging round or over

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

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