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ἀνθρωποειδής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνθρωποειδής ἀνθρωποειδές

Structure: ἀνθρωποειδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ei)=dos

Sense

  1. like a man, in human form

Examples

  • ἀνθρωποειδὴσ δ’ ἐστὶ τὴν μορφὴν καὶ πάντων μιμητὴσ ὅσα ἄνθρωποσ ποιεῖ, διόπερ καὶ τοὺσ ἐξαπατωμένουσ ῥᾳδίωσ ἐκ τοῦ τυχόντοσ οἱ κωμικοὶ ὤτουσ καλοῦσιν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 44 2:6)

Synonyms

  1. like a man

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

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