Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐπίπερκνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπίπερκνος ἐπίπερκνον

Structure: ἐπιπερκν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. somewhat dark

Examples

  • οἱ μὲν γὰρ μεγάλοι τὸ χρῶμα ἐπίπερκνοι καὶ τὸ λευκὸν τὸ ἐν τῷ μετώπῳ μέγα ἔχουσιν, οἱ δ’ ἐλάττουσ ἐπίξανθοι, μικρὸν τὸ λευκὸν ἔχοντεσ. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 5 27:2)

Synonyms

  1. somewhat dark

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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