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ἐπίκωπος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπίκωπος ἐπίκωπον

Structure: ἐπικωπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: kw/ph

Sense

  1. up to the hilt, through and through

Examples

  • ταῖσ μὲν οὖν ἐπικώποισ τῶν νεῶν εὔθετόσ ἐστιν ὁ τόποσ, κλύδωνα μὲν οὐκ ἐκ πολλοῦ κυλίων διαστήματοσ, θήραν δ’ ἰχθύων ἄπλατον παρεχόμενοσ· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 40 4:1)
  • εἶχον γὰρ οἱ περὶ τὸν Μάγωνα σὺν ταῖσ ὁλκάσι καὶ ταῖσ ἄλλαισ ταῖσ ἐπικώποισ, οὔσαισ χαλκεμβόλοισ, ναῦσ οὐκ ἐλάττουσ πεντακοσίων. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xiv, chapter 58 14:2)

Synonyms

  1. up to the hilt

Related

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

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