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διπάλαιστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: διπάλαιστος διπάλαιστον

Structure: διπαλαιστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: palaisth/

Sense

  1. two palms broad

Examples

  • προβάλλονται δὲ λόγχασ, ἃσ ἐκεῖνοι λαγκίασ καλοῦσι, πηχυαῖα τῷ μήκει τοῦ σιδήρου καὶ ἔτι μείζω τὰ ἐπιθήματα ἐχούσασ, πλάτει δὲ βραχὺ λείποντα διπαλαίστων· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 5, chapter 30 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. two palms broad

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

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