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ἀταύρωτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀταύρωτος ἀταύρωτη ἀταύρωτον

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

Etym.: tauro/omai

Sense

  1. unwedded, virgin

Examples

  • οἴκοι δ’ ἀταυρώτη διάξω τὸν βίον ‐ οἴκοι δ’ ἀταυρώτη διάξω τὸν βίον ‐ κροκωτοφοροῦσα καὶ κεκαλλωπισμένη, ‐ κροκωτοφοροῦσα καὶ κεκαλλωπισμένη, ‐ ὅπωσ ἂν ἁνὴρ ἐπιτυφῇ μάλιστά μου· (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Prologue 6:3)

Synonyms

  1. unwedded

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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