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δίκροτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δίκροτος δίκροτον

Structure: δικροτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. double-beating
  2. double-oared or with two banks of oars
  3. for two cars

Examples

  • τριήρεισ δ’ ἐπὶ τούτοισ ὑπῆρχεν ἰδεῖν δικρότουσ καὶ τρικρότουσ καὶ εἰσ ἑπτὰ καὶ εἰσ ἐννέα στοίχουσ, τὰσ μὲν πλοί̈μουσ, τὰσ δ’ ἀποκειμένασ ὥσπερ ἐν ταμιείῳ. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 1:8)

Synonyms

  1. double-beating

  2. double-oared or with two banks of oars

  3. for two cars

Related

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

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