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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

  • δι’ ἃ Τυρίων οὐχ ὑποταγέντων πάλιν ὁ βασιλεὺσ ἐπ’ αὐτοὺσ ὑπέστρεψε Φοινίκων συμπληρωσάντων αὐτῷ ναῦσ ἑξήκοντα καὶ ἐπικώπουσ ὀκτακοσίουσ. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 9 352:2)

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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