Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐπώχατο

; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπώχατο

Etym.: epic 3rd pl. plup. pass. e)p-w/xato

Sense

  1. were kept shut

Examples

  • πᾶσαι γὰρ ἐπώχατο, τοὶ δὲ κατ’ αὐτὰσ ἱστάμενοι πειρῶντο βίῃ ῥήξαντεσ ἐσελθεῖν. (Homer, Iliad, Book 12 24:9)

Synonyms

  1. were kept shut

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

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