Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἕκπλεθρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἕκπλεθρος ἕκπλεθρον

Structure: ἑκπλεθρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e(/c, ple/qron

Sense

  1. six plethra long

Examples

  • ἥκεισ γὰρ οὐκ ἀχρεῖον ἔκπλεθρον δραμὼν ἀγῶν’ ἐσ οἴκουσ, ἀλλὰ πολέμιον κτανὼν Αἴγισθον, ὃσ σὸν πατέρα κἀμὸν ὤλεσε. (Euripides, episode2)

Synonyms

  1. six plethra long

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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