Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ξουθόπτερος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ξουθόπτερος ξουθόπτερον

Structure: ξουθοπτερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ptero/n

Sense

  1. with tawny wings

Examples

  • πῶσ ἂν ὡσ ξουθόπτεροσ μέλισσα συνενέγκαιμ’ ἂν ἐκ πάντων γόουσ, ἐσ ἓν δ’ ἐνεγκοῦσ’ ἀθρόον ἀποδοίην δάκρυ; (Euripides, Heracles, episode, anapests 1:24)

Synonyms

  1. with tawny wings

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

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