Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • λαβόντεσ δὲ τῶν ἐπικώπων δύο πλοιάρια παρὰ τῶν Τραπεζουντίων, ἐλῄστευον τοὺσ περιοικοῦντασ βαρβάρουσ καὶ κατὰ γῆν καὶ κατὰ θάλατταν. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xiv, chapter 30 4:4)

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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