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εἱλιτενής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εἱλιτενής εἱλιτενές

Structure: εἱλιτενη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. spreading through marshes.

Examples

  • περὶ δὲ θρύα πολλὰ πεφύκει, κυάνεόν τε χελιδόνιον χλωρόν τ’ ἀδίαντον καὶ θάλλοντα σέλινα καὶ εἰλιτενὴσ ἄγρωστισ. (Theocritus, Idylls, 12)

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

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