Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐκπετήσιμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐκπετήσιμος ἐκπετήσιμον

Structure: ἐκπετησιμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. ready to fly out, just fledged

Examples

  • ἐπὴν ὁ πατὴρ ὁ πελαργὸσ ἐκπετησίμουσ πάντασ ποιήσῃ τοὺσ πελαργιδέασ τρέφων, δεῖ τοὺσ νεοττοὺσ τὸν πατέρα πάλιν τρέφειν. (Aristophanes, Birds, Episode, lyric14)

Synonyms

  1. ready to fly out

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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