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ἐπικυψέλιος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπικυψέλιος

Etym.: kuye/lh

Sense

  1. a guard of beehives

Examples

  • πάντα περικνίξασθε, καὶ ἄγγεα κηρώσασθε, ὄφρα μελισσοσόοσ Πὰν ἐπικυψέλιοσ γεύσηται τὸ μὲν αὐτόσ, ὁ δὲ βλιστηρίδι χειρὶ καπνώσασ βαιὴν κὔμμι λίπῃ μερίδα. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 226 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. a guard of beehives

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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