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ἀρτιγλυφής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀρτιγλυφής ἀρτιγλυφές

Structure: ἀρτιγλυφη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: glu/ptw

Sense

  1. newly carved

Examples

  • Τήναν τὰν λαύραν τάσ τε δρύασ αἰπόλε κάμψασ σύκινον εὑρήσεισ ἀρτιγλυφὲσ ξόανον, τρισκελὲσ αὐτόφλοιον ἀνούατον, ἀλλὰ φάλητι παιδογόνῳ δυνατὸν Κύπριδοσ ἔργα τελεῖν. (Theocritus, Idylls1)
  • τήναν τὰν λαύραν, ὅθι ταὶ δρύεσ, αἰπόλε, κάμψασ, σύκινον εὑρήσεισ ἀρτιγλυφὲσ ξόανον, τρισκελέσ, αὐτόφλοιον, ἀνούατον· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 4371)

Synonyms

  1. newly carved

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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