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ἑλικτός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἑλικτός ἑλικτή ἑλικτόν

Structure: ἑλικτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e(li/ssw

Sense

  1. curved, twisted, wreathed, wheeled, moving quickly
  2. tortuous

Examples

  • μνημονεύει δ’ αὐτῶν Χαιρήμων ὁ τραγῳδιοποιὸσ ἐν Διονύσῳ διὰ τούτων κισσῷ τε ναρκίσσῳ τε τριέλικασ κύκλῳ στεφάνων ἑλικτῶν ὁρμαθούσ περὶ δὲ τῶν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ αἰεὶ ἀνθούντων στεφάνων Ἑλλάνικοσ ἐν τοῖσ Αἰγυπτιακοῖσ οὕτωσ γράφει· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 255)

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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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