Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἑκκαιδεκάλινος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἑκκαιδεκάλινος ἑκκαιδεκάλινον

Structure: ἑκκαιδεκαλιν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: li/non

Sense

  1. consisting of sixteen threads

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἔστωσαν δὲ αἱ μὲν ἄρκυσ ἐννεάλινοι <ἐκ τριῶν τόνων, ἕκαστοσ δὲ τόνοσ ἐκ τριῶν λίνων>, τὸ δὲ μέγεθοσ πεντεσπίθαμοι, διπάλαστοι δὲ τοὺσ βρόχουσ, περικείσθωσαν δὲ τοὺσ περιδρόμουσ ἀναμμάτουσ, ἵνα εὔτροχοι ὦσι, τὰ δ’ ἐνόδια δωδεκάλινα, <τὰ δὲ δίκτυα ἑκκαιδεκάλινα>, τὸ δὲ μέγεθοσ τὰ μὲν ἐνόδια διώρυγα, τριώρυγα, τετρώρυγα, πεντώρυγα, τὰ δὲ δίκτυα δεκώρυγα, εἰκοσώρυγα, τριακοντώρυγα· (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 2 5:2)

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

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION