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ἐπιχειλής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιχειλής ἐπιχειλές

Structure: ἐπιχειλη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: xei=los

Sense

  1. full to the brim, brim-full

Examples

  • ὃσ ἐποίησεν τὴν πόλιν ἡμῶν μεστὴν εὑρὼν ἐπιχειλῆ, καὶ πρὸσ τούτοισ ἀριστώσῃ τὸν Πειραιᾶ προσέμαξεν, ἀφελών τ’ οὐδὲν τῶν ἀρχαίων ἰχθῦσ καινοὺσ παρέθηκεν· (Aristotle, Agon, Epirrheme 1:14)

Synonyms

  1. full to the brim

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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