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ἐγχελυωπός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐγχελυωπός ἐγχελυωπόν

Structure: ἐγχελυωπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: w)/y

Sense

  1. eel-faced

Examples

  • τὰ μὲν γὰρ ἑσπέρια τῆσ ὕλησ καὶ οὐραῖα Ταριχᾶνεσ οἰκοῦσιν, ἔθνοσ ἐγχελυωπὸν καὶ καραβοπρόσωπον, μάχιμον καὶ θρασὺ καὶ ὠμοφάγον τὰ δὲ τῆσ ἑτέρασ πλευρᾶσ κατὰ τὸν δεξιὸν τοῖχον Τριτωνομένδητεσ, τὰ μὲν ἄνω ἀνθρώποισ ἐοικότεσ, τὰ δὲ κάτω τοῖσ γαλεώταισ, ἧττον μέντοι ἄδικοὶ εἰσιν τῶν ἄλλων τὰ λαιὰ δὲ Καρκινόχειρεσ καὶ Θυννοκέφαλοι συμμαχίαν τε καὶ φιλίαν πρὸσ ἑαυτοὺσ πεποιημένοι· (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 1 35:4)

Synonyms

  1. eel-faced

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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