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ἐπίσσωτρον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπίσσωτρον ἐπίσσωτρου

Structure: ἐπισσωτρ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: epic for e)pi/swtron.

Sense

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τῶν ἤτοι χρυσέη ἴτυσ ἄφθιτοσ, αὐτὰρ ὕπερθε χάλκε’ ἐπίσσωτρα προσαρηρότα, θαῦμα ἰδέσθαι· (Homer, Iliad, Book 5 76:4)
  • αἵματι δ’ ἄξων νέρθεν ἅπασ πεπάλακτο καὶ ἄντυγεσ αἳ περὶ δίφρον, ἃσ ἄρ’ ἀφ’ ἱππείων ὁπλέων ῥαθάμιγγεσ ἔβαλλον αἵ τ’ ἀπ’ ἐπισσώτρων. (Homer, Iliad, Book 11 53:3)
  • τὸν μὲν Ἀχαιῶν ἵπποι ἐπισσώτροισ δατέοντο πρώτῃ ἐν ὑσμίνῃ· (Homer, Iliad, Book 20 37:2)
  • αἵματι δ’ ἄξων νέρθεν ἅπασ πεπάλακτο καὶ ἄντυγεσ αἳ περὶ δίφρον, ἃσ ἄρ’ ἀφ’ ἱππείων ὁπλέων ῥαθάμιγγεσ ἔβαλλον αἵ τ’ ἀπ’ ἐπισσώτρων· (Homer, Iliad, Book 20 46:4)
  • οὐδέ τι πολλὴ γίγνετ’ ἐπισσώτρων ἁρματροχιὴ κατόπισθεν ἐν λεπτῇ κονίῃ· (Homer, Iliad, Book 23 46:4)

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

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