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δολοπλόκος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δολοπλόκος δολοπλόκον

Structure: δολοπλοκ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ple/kw

Sense

  1. weaving wiles

Examples

  • δολοπλόκου γὰρ κυπρογενοῦσ· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 7 80:2)
  • ἀλλὰ καὶ ὥσ σε δέδοικα, δολοπλόκε, μή τινα κεύθῃσ εἰσ ἐμέ, κἠν ὕπνῳ πικρὸν ὄνειρον ἴδῃσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 212 1:1)
  • Κυπρογενὲσ Κυθέρεια δολοπλόκε, σοί τι περισσὸν Ζεὺσ τόδε τιμήσασ δῶρον ἔδωκεν ἔχειν· (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , 1386-1389828)

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

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