Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐγγώνιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐγγώνιος ἐγγώνιον

Structure: ἐγγωνι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: gwni/a

Sense

  1. forming an angle, a right angle, square

Examples

  • Κατὰ δὲ τὴν βόρειον πλευρὰν ἀκρόπολισ ἐγγώνιοσ εὐερκὴσ ἐτετείχιστο διάφοροσ ἐχυρότητι. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 15 478:1)

Synonyms

  1. forming an angle

Related

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

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