Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἑκατόγχειρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἑκατόγχειρος ἑκατόγχειρον

Structure: ἑκατογχειρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: xei/r

Sense

  1. hundred-handed

Examples

  • ἀλλὰ σὺ τόν γ’ ἐλθοῦσα θεὰ ὑπελύσαο δεσμῶν, ὦχ’ ἑκατόγχειρον καλέσασ’ ἐσ μακρὸν Ὄλυμπον, ὃν Βριάρεων καλέουσι θεοί, ἄνδρεσ δέ τε πάντεσ Αἰγαίων’, ὃ γὰρ αὖτε βίην οὗ πατρὸσ ἀμείνων· (Homer, Iliad, Book 1 41:8)

Synonyms

  1. hundred-handed

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

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