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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

  • "ἐστὶ δὲ τὸ δενδρίον μεγέθει μὲν πτελέησ καὶ πεύκησ οὐθέν τι μεῖον, ἀκρεμόνασ δὲ ἔχει θαμέασ καὶ δολιχοὺσ καὶ ἐπ’ ὀλίγον ἀκανθώδεασ, τὸ δὲ φύλλον τέρεν καὶ χλωρόν, τῇ φυῇ περιφερέσ, καρποφορεῖ δὲ δὶσ τοῦ ἔτεοσ, ἦρόσ τε καὶ φθινοπώρου, γλυκὺσ δὲ πάνυ ὁ καρπόσ, μέγεθοσ κατὰ φαυλίην ἐλάην καὶ τὴν σάρκα καὶ τὸ ὀστέον ταύτῃ προσείκελον, διαλλάσσον δὲ τῇ τοῦ χυμοῦ ἡδονῇ, καὶ τρώγεται ἔτι χλωρὸσ ὁ καρπόσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 624)
  • ἄλλοτε γὰρ Δήμωνι πυρούμενοσ, ἄλλοτε λεύσσων Ἰσμηνόν, δολιχοὺσ αἰὲν ἔχω καμάτουσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 872)

Synonyms

  1. long

  2. protracted

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