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ἀνδρομήκης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνδρομήκης ἀνδρομήκες

Structure: ἀνδρομηκη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: a)nh/r, mh=kos

Sense

  1. of a man's height

Examples

  • παραπεφράχθαι δὲ καὶ τὸν δεξιὸν καὶ τὸν εὐώνυμον τόπον ἐπὶ δέκα πόδασ, τὸ δὲ βάθοσ ὡσ ἀνδρόμηκεσ, εἰσ τὸ τοὺσ πυρσοὺσ αἰρομένουσ μὲν παρὰ ταῦτα τὴν φάσιν ἀκριβῆ ποιεῖν, καθαιρουμένουσ δὲ τὴν κρύψιν. (Polybius, Histories, book 10, chapter 46 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. of a man's height

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

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