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ἐννεάφωνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐννεάφωνος ἐννεάφωνον

Structure: ἐννεαφων (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fwnh/

Sense

Examples

  • σύριγγ’ ἃν ἐπόησα καλὰν ἐγὼ ἐννεάφωνον, λευκὸν κηρὸν ἔχοισαν, ἴσον κάτω, ἶσον ἄνωθεν, ταύταν κατθείην, τὰ δὲ τῶ πατρὸσ οὐ καταθησῶ. (Theocritus, Idylls, 17)
  • ἦ μάν τοι κἠγὼ σύριγγ’ ἔχω ἐννεάφωνον. (Theocritus, Idylls, 18)

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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