Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἔκκρουστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔκκρουστος ἔκκρουστον

Structure: ἐκκρουστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. beaten out, embossed

Examples

  • τὸ γὰρ πόλεωσ ὄνειδοσ ἐν χαλκηλάτῳ σάκει, κυκλωτῷ σώματοσ προβλήματι, Σφίγγ’ ὠμόσιτον προσμεμηχανημένην γόμφοισ ἐνώμα, λαμπρὸν ἔκκρουστον δέμασ, φέρει δ’ ὑφ’ αὑτῇ φῶτα Καδμείων ἕνα, ὡσ πλεῖστ’ ἐπ’ ἀνδρὶ τῷδ’ ἰάπτεσθαι βέλη. (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, choral, antistrophe 2 1:8)

Synonyms

  1. beaten out

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

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