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

  • ὁ μὲν τοίνυν αὐτοῖν ἐν τῇ καλλίονι στάσει ὢν τό τε εἶδοσ ὀρθὸσ καὶ διηρθρωμένοσ, ὑψαύχην, ἐπίγρυποσ, λευκὸσ ἰδεῖν, μελανόμματοσ, τιμῆσ ἐραστὴσ μετὰ σωφροσύνησ τε καὶ αἰδοῦσ, καὶ ἀληθινῆσ δόξησ ἑταῖροσ, ἄπληκτοσ, κελεύσματι μόνον καὶ λόγῳ ἡνιοχεῖται· (Plato, Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus, 184:3)

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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