Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἔκτυπος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔκτυπος ἔκτυπον

Structure: ἐκτυπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. worked in high relief, a figure worked in relief, a cameo

Examples

  • μέγα δ’ ἔκτυπε μητίετα Ζεύσ. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 35:9)
  • ἔκτυπε δ’ αἰθὴρ οἰμωγῇ, μέσφ’ αὖτισ ἀπ’ οὔρεοσ ἀίσσοντα αἰετὸν ὠμηστὴν αὐτὴν ὁδὸν εἰσενόησαν. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 21:14)
  • Ζεὺσ δὲ μεγάλ’ ἔκτυπε σήματα φαίνων· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 21 56:6)
  • αὐτὸσ δ’ ἐξ Ἴδησ μεγάλ’ ἔκτυπε, δαιόμενον δὲ ἧκε σέλασ μετὰ λαὸν Ἀχαιῶν· (Homer, Iliad, Book 8 9:6)
  • ὣσ ἔφατ’ εὐχόμενοσ, μέγα δ’ ἔκτυπε μητίετα Ζεύσ, ἀράων ἀί̈ων Νηληϊάδαο γέροντοσ. (Homer, Iliad, Book 15 40:1)

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

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