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δίπους

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δίπους

Structure: διποδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. two-footed
  2. the jerboa, from its two hind feet
  3. two feet long

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ τὸ τῆσ Σφιγγὸσ δὲ αἴνιγμα Ἀσκληπιάδησ ἐν τοῖσ Τραγῳδουμένοισ τοιοῦτον εἶναί φησιν ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆσ καὶ τετράπον, οὗ μία φωνή, καὶ τρίπον, ἀλλάσσει δὲ φύσιν μόνον ὅσσ1’ ἐπὶ γαῖαν ἑρπετὰ γίνονται καὶ ἀν’ αἰθέρα καὶ κατὰ πόντον ἀλλ’ ὁπόταν πλείστοισιν ἐρειδόμενον ποσὶ βαίνῃ, ἔνθα τάχοσ γυίοισιν ἀφαυρότατον πέλει αὑτοῦ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 83 4:2)
  • τί ἐστιν ὃ μίαν ἔχον φωνὴν τετράπουν καὶ δίπουν καὶ τρίπουν γίνεται· (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 5 8:6)
  • γίνεσθαι, γὰρ τετράπουν βρέφοσ ὄντα τοῖσ τέτταρσιν ὀχούμενον κώλοισ, τελειούμενον δὲ δίπουν, γηρῶντα δὲ τρίτην προσλαμβάνειν βάσιν τὸ βάκτρον. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 5 8:10)
  • τὸ αἴνιγμα τῆσ Σφιγγόσ ἔστι δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆσ, καὶ τετράπον, οὗ μία φωνή, καὶ τρίπον· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 14, chapter 641)
  • ἔσται τε πλείω παραδείγματα τοῦ αὐτοῦ, ὥστε καὶ εἴδη, οἱο͂ν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τὸ ζῷον καὶ τὸ δίπουν, ἅμα δὲ καὶ τὸ αὐτοάνθρωποσ. (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 1 209:2)

Synonyms

  1. two-footed

  2. two feet long

Related

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

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