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ἐνάμιλλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐνάμιλλος ἐνάμιλλον

Structure: ἐναμιλλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a(/milla

Sense

  1. engaged in equal contest with, a match for

Examples

  • ἐνάμιλλα δὲ τούτοισ καὶ σύζυγα καὶ Θεόκριτοσ ὁ σοφιστὴσ εἶπέ τε καὶ ἔπαθε, καὶ πολὺ δεινότερα. (Plutarch, De liberis educandis, section 14 21:1)
  • δεινῶν γὰρ ὄντων, οὐ μὲν οὖν ἐχόντων ὑπερβολήν, ὧν ἠκούσατ’ ἄρτι λέγοντοσ Λυκούργου, τὰ λοίπ’ ἐνάμιλλα τούτοισ καὶ τῆσ αὐτῆσ φύσεωσ εὑρεθήσεται. (Demosthenes, Speeches 21-30, 64:2)
  • ἔστι δὲ καὶ πρὸσ βαφὴν ἐρίων θαυμαστῶσ σύμμετρον τὸ κατὰ τὴν Ιἑρὰν πόλιν ὕδωρ, ὥστε τὰ ἐκ τῶν ῥιζῶν βαπτόμενα ἐνάμιλλα εἶναι τοῖσ ἐκ τῆσ κόκκου καὶ τοῖσ ἁλουργέσιν· (Strabo, Geography, Book 13, chapter 4 24:12)

Synonyms

  1. engaged in equal contest with

Related

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

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