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ἀπέκτητος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀπέκτητος ἀπέκτητη ἀπέκτητον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + πεκτητ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pekte/w

Sense

  1. uncombed

Examples

  • μάργαρα σῆσ χροιῆσ ἀπολείπεται, οὐδὲ κομίζει χρυσὸσ ἀπεκτήτου σῆσ τριχὸσ ἀγλαϊήν Ἰνδῴη δ’ ὑάκινθοσ ἔχει χάριν αἴθοποσ αἴγλησ, ἀλλὰ τεῶν λογάδων πολλὸν ἀφαυροτέρην· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 2702)

Synonyms

  1. uncombed

Similar forms

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

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