Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἑπτάλογχος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἑπτάλογχος ἑπτάλογχον

Structure: ἑπταλογχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: lo/gxh

Sense

  1. of seven lances, seven bodies of spearmen

Examples

  • ἐπεὶ γὰρ ἦλθον Ἄργοσ ἐσ τὸ Δωρικόν, λαβὼν Ἄδραστον πενθερόν, ξυνωμότασ ἔστησ’ ἐμαυτῷ γῆσ ὅσοιπερ Ἀπίασ πρῶτοι καλοῦνται καὶ τετίμηνται δόρει, ὅπωσ τὸν ἑπτάλογχον ἐσ Θήβασ στόλον ξὺν τοῖσδ’ ἀγείρασ ἢ θάνοιμι πανδίκωσ ἢ τοὺσ τάδ’ ἐκπράξαντασ ἐκβάλοιμι γῆσ. (Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, episode 1:10)

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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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