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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

  • οὐκέτι τὰ κέρατα οὐδὲ οὐρὰ καὶ δίχηλα τὰ σκέλη, ἀλλ̓ ἐπέραστοσ κόρη. (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, notus and zephuros, chapter 210)
  • παρεσκεύαστο δὲ πολλὰ καὶ ποικίλα, δίχηλα ὑειά καὶ σχελίδεσ καὶ ἠτριαία καὶ τοκάδοσ ὑὸσ τὸ ἐμβρυοδόχον ἔντερον καὶ λοβὸσ ἐκ ταγήνου καὶ μυττωτὸσ καὶ ἀβυρτάκη καὶ τοιαῦταί τινεσ καρυκεῖαι καὶ θρυμματίδεσ καὶ θρῖα καὶ μελιτοῦτται· (Lucian, Lexiphanes, (no name) 6:3)

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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