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δίπαλτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δίπαλτος δίπαλτον

Structure: διπαλτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pa/llw

Sense

  1. brandished with both hands, two-handed, each with two spears

Examples

  • εἰ τὰ μὲν φθίνει, φίλοι, τοιοῖσδ’ ὁμοῦ πέλασ, μώραισ δ’ ἄγραισ προσκείμεθα, πᾶσ δὲ στρατὸσ δίπαλτοσ ἄν με χειρὶ φονεύοι. (Sophocles, Ajax, choral, strophe 36)

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

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