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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

  • ὁ δὲ καλούμενοσ ἵπποσ τῷ μεγέθει μέν ἐστιν οὐκ ἐλάττων πηχῶν πέντε, τετράπουσ δ’ ὢν καὶ δίχηλοσ παραπλησίωσ τοῖσ βουσὶ τοὺσ χαυλιόδοντασ ἔχει μείζουσ τῶν ἀγρίων ὑῶν, τρεῖσ ἐξ ἀμφοτέρων τῶν μερῶν, ὦτα δὲ καὶ κέρκον καὶ φωνὴν ἵππῳ παρεμφερῆ, τὸ δ’ ὅλον κύτοσ τοῦ σώματοσ οὐκ ἀνόμοιον ἐλέφαντι, καὶ δέρμα πάντων σχεδὸν τῶν θηρίων ἰσχυρότατον. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 1, chapter 35 8:1)

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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