Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐπίγρυπος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπίγρυπος ἐπίγρυπον

Structure: ἐπιγρυπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. somewhat hooked

Examples

  • ἔστι δὲ τῶν δήμων Πιτθεύσ, εἴ τινα νῷ ἔχεισ Πιτθέα Μέλητον οἱο͂ν τετανότριχα καὶ οὐ πάνυ εὐγένειον, ἐπίγρυπον δέ. (Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, 3:10)
  • μέλαινα δεινῶσ πᾶσα, σκέλεα δὲ φορέει γεράνου, πρόσωπον δὲ ἐσ τὰ μάλιστα ἐπίγρυπον, μέγαθοσ ὅσον κρέξ. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 76 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. somewhat hooked

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

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