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δίχηλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δίχηλος

Structure: διχηλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: xhlh/

Sense

  1. cloven-hoofed
  2. a forceps, pincers

Declension

First/Second 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 κεφάλιον μὲν ἀσθενὲσ ἔχει καὶ μικρόν, μηροῖσ δὲ καὶ κώλοισ ὑπάρχει καρτερώτατον, διχήλου τῆσ βάσεωσ οὔσησ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 28 2:3)

Synonyms

  1. cloven-hoofed

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

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