Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐπωμάδιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπωμάδιος ἐπωμάδιον

Structure: ἐπωμαδι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: w)=mos

Sense

  1. on the shoulders

Examples

  • μηδέ σε τέχνη, μηδ’ ἀπάφῃ πτερύγων ζεῦγοσ ἐπωμάδιον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 1082)
  • τυφλὸσ γὰρ λιπόγυιον ἐπωμάδιον βάροσ αἴρων ταῖσ κείνου φωναῖσ ἀτραπὸν ὠρθοβάτει· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 112)

Synonyms

  1. on the shoulders

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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