Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἑκατόστομος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἑκατόστομος ἑκατόστομον

Structure: ἑκατοστομ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: sto/ma

Sense

  1. hundred-mouthed

Examples

  • ἱκοίμαν ποτὶ Κύπρον, νᾶσον τᾶσ Ἀφροδίτασ, ἵν’ οἱ θελξίφρονεσ νέμον‐ ται θνατοῖσιν Ἔρωτεσ, Πάφον θ’ ἃν ἑκατόστομοι βαρβάρου ποταμοῦ ῥοαὶ καρπίζουσιν ἄνομβροι. (Euripides, choral, strophe 21)

Synonyms

  1. hundred-mouthed

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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