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ἑλικοβλέφαρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἑλικοβλέφαρος ἑλικοβλέφαρᾱ ἑλικοβλέφαρον

Structure: ἑλικοβλεφαρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ble/faron

Sense

  1. with ever-moving eyelids, quick-glancing

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • χαῖρ’ ἑλικοβλέφαρε, γλυκυμείλιχε· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 3:1)
  • τάχα δὲ Κρονίδαο Ζηνὸσ υἱοὶ τρεῖσ ἀκαμαντομάχαι ἦλθον Ἀλκμήνασ θ’ ἑλικοβλεφάρου Λήδασ τε, δοιοὶ δ’ ὑψιχαῖται ἀνέρεσ, Ἐννοσίδα γένοσ, αἰδεσθέντεσ ἀλκάν, ἔκ τε Πύλου καὶ ἀπ’ ἄκρασ Ταινάρου· (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 4 53:2)

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

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