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ἑρμογλυφεῖον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἑρμογλυφεῖον ἑρμογλυφεῖου

Structure: ἑρμογλυφει (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: from e(rmoglufeu/s

Sense

  1. a statuary's shop

Examples

  • φημὶ γὰρ δὴ ὁμοιότατον αὐτὸν εἶναι τοῖσ σιληνοῖσ τούτοισ τοῖσ ἐν τοῖσ ἑρμογλυφείοισ καθημένοισ, οὕστινασ ἐργάζονται οἱ δημιουργοὶ σύριγγασ ἢ αὐλοὺσ ἔχοντασ, οἳ διχάδε διοιχθέντεσ φαίνονται ἔνδοθεν ἀγάλματα ἔχοντεσ θεῶν. (Plato, Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus, 472:3)

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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