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ἐγχέλειος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐγχέλειος ἐγχέλειᾱ ἐγχέλειον

Structure: ἐγχελει (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. of an eel, eel's flesh

Examples

  • ταῦτα δὲ πρότερον μὲν κατεδυναστεύετο ἕκαστα, ὧν ἐν τοῖσ Ἐγχελείοισ οἱ Κάδμου καὶ Ἁρμονίασ ἀπόγονοι ἦρχον, καὶ τὰ μυθευόμενα περὶ αὐτῶν ἐκεῖ δείκνυται. (Strabo, Geography, Book 7, chapter 7 16:7)

Synonyms

  1. of an eel

Related

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

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