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ἑξαπάλαιστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἑξαπάλαιστος ἑξαπάλαιστον

Structure: ἑξαπαλαιστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: palaisth/

Sense

  1. of six hands-breadth

Examples

  • ὡσ δὲ ἐκ τῆσ θυσίησ ἐγένετο, καταχεάμενοσ χρυσὸν ἄπλετον ἡμιπλίνθια ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἐξήλαυνε, ἐπὶ μὰν τὰ μακρότερα ποιέων ἑξαπάλαιστα, ἐπὶ δὲ τὰ βραχύτερα τριπάλαιστα, ὕψοσ δὲ παλαιστιαῖα. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 50 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. of six hands-breadth

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

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