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ἑπτάφωνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἑπτάφωνος ἑπτάφωνον

Structure: ἑπταφων (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fwnh/

Sense

  1. seven-voiced

Examples

  • τὴν μὲν γὰρ ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ στοὰν ἀπὸ μιᾶσ φωνῆσ πολλὰσ ἀντανακλάσεισ ποιοῦσαν ἑπτάφωνον καλοῦσι· (Plutarch, De garrulitate, section 1 2:2)
  • τὴν μὲν γὰρ ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ στοὰν ἀπὸ μιᾶσ φωνῆσ πολλὰσ ἀντανακλάσεισ ποιοῦσαν ἑπτάφωνον καλοῦσι· (Plutarch, De garrulitate, section 1 6:2)

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

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