Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἑκατόμπους

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἑκατόμπους

Structure: ἑκατομποδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. hundred-footed

Examples

  • ἁ δ’ εὐήρετμοσ ἔκπαγλ’ ἁλία χερσὶ παραπτομένα πλάτα θρῴσκει, τῶν ἑκατομπόδων Νηρῄδων ἀκόλουθοσ. (Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, choral, antistrophe 23)

Synonyms

  1. hundred-footed

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

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