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εἰλίπους

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εἰλίπους

Structure: εἰλιποδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ei)/lw, pou/s

Sense

  1. rolling in their gait, with rolling walk

Examples

  • Ἀτὰρ καὶ ἄλλωσ ὁ βοὺσ χαλαρὸν φύσει τὸ ἄρθρον τοῦτο ἔχει μᾶλλον τῶν ἄλλων ζώων‧ διὰ τοῦτο καὶ εἰλίπουν ἐστὶ μᾶλλον τῶν ἄλλων ζώων, καὶ μάλιστα ὅταν λεπτὸν καὶ γηραλέον ἐῄ. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 8.9)

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

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