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ἐλεφαντόπους

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐλεφαντόπους

Structure: ἐλεφαντοποδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. ivory-footed

Examples

  • κἆτ’ ἐν κλίναισ ἐλεφαντόποσιν καὶ στρώμασι πορφυροβάπτοισ κἀν φοινικίσι Σαρδιακαῖσιν κοσμησάμενοι κατάκεινται. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 30 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. ivory-footed

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

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