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ἐξόφθαλμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐξόφθαλμος ἐξόφθαλμον

Structure: ἐξοφθαλμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. with prominent eyes

Examples

  • καὶ μὴν τὸ ἐξόφθαλμον εἶναι ἐγρηγορὸσ μᾶλλον φαίνεται τοῦ κοιλοφθάλμου, καὶ ἐπὶ πλέον δ’ ἂν ὁ τοιοῦτοσ ὁρῴη. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 1 12:3)
  • ἀλλ’ ἐὰν δὴ μὴ μόνον τὸν ἔχοντα ῥῖνα καὶ ὀφθαλμοὺσ διανοηθῶ, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸν σιμόν τε καὶ ἐξόφθαλμον, μή τι σὲ αὖ μᾶλλον δοξάσω ἢ ἐμαυτὸν ἢ ὅσοι τοιοῦτοι; (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 406:7)
  • Ῥωμαῖοι δὲ πολὺν μὲν χρόνον ἠπόρησαν διὰ τὸ δοκεῖν ἐξόφθαλμον εἶναι τὴν ἀλογίαν τῆσ βοηθείασ. (Polybius, Histories, book 1, chapter 10 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. with prominent eyes

Similar forms

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

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