Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐπιλίγδην

Adverb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιλίγδην

Sense

  1. grazing

Examples

  • ἢν δέ ποτε καὶ ἐφίκηται, ἄκρον μὲν ἐπιλίγδην ἅπτεται, βαθεῖαν δὲ οὐκ ἐργάζεται πληγὴν οὐ γὰρ ἀπ’ ἰσχυρᾶσ ἐμβολῆσ ἀπεστέλλετο. (Lucian, Nigrinus, Nigrinou Fiaosofia 36:5)
  • βλῆτο γὰρ ὦμον δουρὶ πρόσω τετραμμένοσ αἰεὶ ἄκρον ἐπιλίγδην· (Homer, Iliad, Book 17 65:2)

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

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