Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

βαθύκολπος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: βαθύκολπος βαθύκολπη βαθύκολπον

Structure: βαθυκολπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. with dress falling in deep folds
  2. with deep, full breasts, deep-bosomed

Examples

  • πλεῖστα νικάσαντά σε καὶ τελεταῖσ ὡρίαισ ἐν Παλλάδοσ εἶδον ἄφωνοί θ’ ὡσ ἕκασται φίλτατον παρθενικαὶ πόσιν ἢ υἱὸν εὔχοντ’, ὦ Τελεσίκρατεσ, ἔμμεν, ἐν Ὀλυμπίοισί τε καὶ βαθυκόλπου Γᾶσ ἀέθλοισ ἔν τε καὶ πᾶσιν ἐπιχωρίοισ. (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 9 29:1)

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

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