Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

δισύλλαβος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δισύλλαβος δισύλλαβον

Structure: δισυλλαβ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: sullabh/

Sense

  1. of two syllables

Examples

  • αἱ μὲν μονοσύλλαβοί τε καὶ δισύλλαβοι λέξεισ πολλοὺσ τοὺσ μεταξὺ χρόνουσ ἀλλήλων ἀπολείπουσαι τὸ χρόνιον ἐμιμήσαντο τοῦ ἔργου· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Compositione Verborum, chapter 2031)

Synonyms

  1. of two syllables

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

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