Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀρτίκολλος

Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀρτίκολλος

Etym.: ko/lla

Sense

  1. close-glued, clinging close to
  2. fitting well together, exactly right, in the nick of time, opportunely

Examples

  • ὅπωσ δὲ σεμνῶν ὀργίων ἐδαίετο φλὸξ αἱματηρὰ κἀπὸ πιείρασ δρυόσ, ἱδρὼσ ἀνῄει χρωτί, καὶ προσπτύσσεται πλευραῖσιν ἀρτίκολλοσ, ὥστε τέκτονοσ, χιτὼν ἅπαν κατ’ ἄρθρον· (Sophocles, Trachiniae, episode 4:8)

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

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