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ἀπόκροτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀπόκροτος ἀπόκροτη ἀπόκροτον

Structure: ἀποκροτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: krote/w

Sense

  1. beaten or trodden hard

Examples

  • φησὶν Ἐμπεδοκλῆσ ὀξυβελεῖσ χαῖται νώτοισ ἐπιπεφρίκασι, τὰ δ’ ὑποδέδεται καὶ ἠμφίεσται φολίσι καὶ λάχναισ καὶ χηλαῖσ καὶ ὁπλαῖσ ἀποκρότοισ· (Plutarch, De fortuna, chapter, section 3 6:2)

Synonyms

  1. beaten or trodden hard

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

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