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ἐπίχολος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπίχολος ἐπίχολον

Structure: ἐπιχολ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: xolh/

Sense

  1. producing bile

Examples

  • Τὰ γὰρ ὀστέα μεγάλα καὶ πολυμύελα, καὶ πολλὰ καὶ ἐπίκαιρα τὰ συντιτρωσκόμενα νεῦρα καὶ μύεσ καὶ φλέβεσ‧ καὶ ἢν μὲν ἐμβάλλῃσ, σπασμοὶ φιλέουσιν ἐπιγίνεσθαι, μὴ ἐμβληθεῖσι δὲ, πυρετοὶ ὀξέεσ, καὶ ἐπίχολοι, καὶ λυγγώδεεσ, καὶ ἐπιμεαινονται. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 36.2)

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

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