Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἑλκεσίχειρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἑλκεσίχειρος ἑλκεσίχειρον

Structure: ἑλκεσιχειρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. drawing the hand after it

Examples

  • τρύπανά θ’ ἑλκεσίχειρα, τέρετρά τε, μιλτοφυρῆ ρε σχοῖνον, ὑπ’ ἀκρονύχῳ ψαλλομένην κανόνι, . (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 103 1:1)

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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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