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εὔκριθος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὔκριθος εὔκριθον

Structure: εὐκριθ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: kriqh/

Sense

  1. rich in barley

Examples

  • μάλα γάρ σφισι πίονι μέτρῳ ἁ δαίμων εὔκριθον ἀνεπλήρωσεν ἀλωάν. (Theocritus, Idylls, 17)
  • σὺ δὲ Κρήθωνοσ ἄρουραν πᾶν ἔτοσ εὔκριθον καὶ πολύπυρον ἄγοισ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 258 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. rich in barley

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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