Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἑλκεσίπεπλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἑλκεσίπεπλος ἑλκεσίπεπλον

Structure: ἑλκεσιπεπλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. trailing the robe, with long train

Examples

  • ἀλλὰ μάλ’ αἰνῶσ αἰδέομαι Τρῶασ καὶ Τρῳάδασ ἑλκεσιπέπλουσ, αἴ κε κακὸσ ὣσ νόσφιν ἀλυσκάζω πολέμοιο· (Homer, Iliad, Book 6 42:3)
  • αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ κατὰ ἄστυ μέγα Πριάμοιο ἄνακτοσ Τρῶασ ἐϋφρανέω καὶ Τρῳάδασ ἑλκεσιπέπλουσ, αἵ τέ μοι εὐχόμεναι θεῖον δύσονται ἀγῶνα. (Homer, Iliad, Book 7 27:6)
  • νῦν δ’ ἐπεὶ ὤλεσα λαὸν ἀτασθαλίῃσιν ἐμῇσιν, αἰδέομαι Τρῶασ καὶ Τρῳάδασ ἑλκεσιπέπλουσ, μή ποτέ τισ εἴπῃσι κακώτεροσ ἄλλοσ ἐμεῖο· (Homer, Iliad, Book 22 9:9)

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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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