Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἑξάπεδος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἑξάπεδος ἑξάπεδον

Structure: ἑξαπεδ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pou/s

Sense

  1. six feet long

Examples

  • οὕτω αἱ μὲν πυραμίδεσ εἰσὶ ἑκατὸν ὀργυιέων, αἱ δ’ ἑκατὸν ὀργυιαὶ δίκαιαι εἰσὶ στάδιον ἑξάπλεθρον, ἑξαπέδου τε τῆσ ὀργυιῆσ μετρεομένησ καὶ τετραπήχεοσ, τῶν ποδῶν μὲν τετραπαλαίστων ἐόντων, τοῦ δὲ πήχεοσ ἑξαπαλαίστου. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 149 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. six feet long

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

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