Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐναυχένιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐναυχένιος ἐναυχένιον

Structure: ἐναυχενι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: au)xh/n

Sense

  1. on the neck

Examples

  • ἔκτανε γὰρ μάτηρ με διασφακτῆρι σιδάρῳ, οὐδ’ ἰδίου φειδὼ δύσμοροσ ἔσχε βίου, ἇψε δ’ ἐναυχενίῳ δειρὰν βρόχῳ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 493 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. on the neck

Similar forms

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

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