Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐπίτροχος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπίτροχος ἐπίτροχον

Structure: ἐπιτροχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)pitre/xw

Sense

  1. voluble, glib

Examples

  • εἶτα ἐκ τοῦ κόλπου προκομίσασα ῥόμβου ἐπιστρέφει ἐπῳδήν τινα λέγουσα ἐπιτρόχῳ τῇ γλώττῃ, βαρβαρικὰ καὶ φρικώδη ὀνόματα. (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 5:3)

Synonyms

  1. voluble

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

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