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δολιχός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δολιχός δολιχή δολιχόν

Structure: δολιχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from dolixo/s

Sense

  1. (poetic) long
  2. protracted, wearisome

Examples

  • ὀσπρίων κάκιστον κύαμοσ καὶ τὰ τοῦδε εἴδεα, πισσοὶ, καὶ ὠχροὶ, καὶ δολιχοί · δεύτερον φακοὶ, οἵ γε ἔχουσι μέν τινασ ἀρετὰσ πέψιόσ τε καὶ ἐκκρίσιοσ, κεφαλῆσ δὲ πλήσμιοι καὶ πόνου ποιητικοί· πλὴν ἑψηθέντεσ ξὺν πεπέρι οὐκ ἀποξενωτέοι· χόνδροι δὲ οἵ τε πλυτοὶ χαρίεντεσ ξὺν οἴνῳ, καὶ μέλιτι ὅσον ἡδῦναι· καὶ τὸ ἐκ τουτέων Ῥόφημα καὶ οἱ ξὺν ἁπλοῖσι ζωμοῖσι. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU XRONIWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 56)

Synonyms

  1. long

  2. protracted

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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