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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

  • αἱ δὲ κατ’ ἀκροτάτην ἁλλόμεναι τροχιήν, ἄξονα δινεύουσιν ὁ δ’ ἀκτίνεσσιν ἑλικταῖσ στρωφᾷ Νισυρίων κοῖλα βάρη μυλάκων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 4184)

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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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