Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐπήτριμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπήτριμος ἐπήτριμον

Structure: ἐπητριμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: h)/trion

Sense

  1. woven upon, closely woven, close-thronged, one upon another

Examples

  • ἀπὸ δ’ εἵματ’ ἐπήτριμα νηήσαντο λείῳ ἐπὶ πλαταμῶνι, τὸν οὐκ ἐπέβαλλε θάλασσα κύμασι, χειμερίη δὲ πάλαι ἀποέκλυσεν ἅλμη. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 7:30)
  • δράγματα δ’ ἄλλα μετ’ ὄγμον ἐπήτριμα πῖπτον ἔραζε, ἄλλα δ’ ἀμαλλοδετῆρεσ ἐν ἐλλεδανοῖσι δέοντο. (Homer, Iliad, Book 18 51:3)

Synonyms

  1. woven upon

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

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