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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

  • οἱ δὲ ναῦται παρακαταβῆναι μὲν ἀδυνατοῦσι διὰ τὸ πλέον εἶναι τὸ βάθοσ ἀνδρομήκουσ, διὰ δὲ τῶν κοντῶν τῷ σκάφει βοηθοῦντεσ ὅταν μηδὲν ἀνύωσιν, ἐκβάλλουσιν ἅπαντα πλὴν τῆσ τροφῆσ· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 40 5:2)
  • ἑώσ ἀνδρομήκουσ ὕψουσ κατεπύκνωσε τρήμασι τὸ τεῖχοσ ὡσ παλαιστιαίοισ τὸ μέγεθοσ κατὰ τὴν ἐκτὸσ ἐπιφάνειαν· (Polybius, Histories, book 8, chapter 5 6:1)

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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