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ἀμφίχυτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀμφίχυτος

Structure: ἀμφιχυτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)mfixe/w

Sense

  1. poured around; thrown up around, earthen

Examples

  • ὣσ ἄρα φωνήσασ ἡγήσατο κυανοχαίτησ τεῖχοσ ἐσ ἀμφίχυτον Ἡρακλῆοσ θείοιο ὑψηλόν, τό ῥά οἱ Τρῶεσ καὶ Παλλὰσ Ἀθήνη ποίεον, ὄφρα τὸ κῆτοσ ὑπεκπροφυγὼν ἀλέαιτο, ὁππότε μιν σεύαιτο ἀπ’ ἠϊόνοσ πεδίον δέ. (Homer, Iliad, Book 20 17:1)

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

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