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ἐπιδίφριος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιδίφριος ἐπιδίφριον

Structure: ἐπιδιφρι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: di/fros

Sense

  1. on the car

Examples

  • ἀλλὰ μέν’ εἰσ ὅ κε δῶρα φέρων ἐπιδίφρια θήῃ ἡρ́ωσ Ἀτρείδησ, δουρικλειτὸσ Μενέλαοσ, καὶ μύθοισ ἀγανοῖσι παραυδήσασ ἀποπέμψῃ. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 15 6:4)
  • ἀλλὰ μέν’ εἰσ ὅ κε δῶρα φέρων ἐπιδίφρια θείω καλά, σὺ δ’ ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ἴδῃσ, εἴπω δὲ γυναιξὶ δεῖπνον ἐνὶ μεγάροισ τετυκεῖν ἅλισ ἔνδον ἐόντων. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 15 9:7)

Synonyms

  1. on the car

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

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