Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

βαρύκτυπος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: βαρύκτυπος

Structure: βαρυκτυπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. heavy-sounding, loud-thundering

Examples

  • ἐγγὺσ ἐλθὼν πολιᾶσ ἁλὸσ οἰο͂σ ἐν ὄρφνᾳ ἄπυεν βαρύκτυπον Εὐτρίαιναν· (Pindar, Odes, olympian odes, olympian 1 19:1)
  • εἰσ κρύσταλλον ἔνδον ὕδωρ ἔχουσαν Χιονέη κρύσταλλοσ ὑπ’ ἀνέροσ ἀσκηθεῖσα δεῖξεν ἀκηρασίοιο παναίολον εἰκόνα κόσμου, οὐρανὸν ἀγκὰσ ἔχοντα βαρύκτυπον ἔνδοθι πόντον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 7531)

Synonyms

  1. heavy-sounding

Related

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

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