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εὔμηλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὔμηλος εὔμηλη εὔμηλον

Structure: εὐμηλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. rich in sheep

Examples

  • τῷ δ’ Εὐμήλῳ συνεμάχει Ἀριφάρνησ ὁ τῶν Σιρακῶν βασιλεύσ, ἱππεῖσ μὲν ἔχων δισμυρίουσ, πεζοὺσ δὲ δισχιλίουσ πρὸσ τοῖσ δισμυρίοισ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 20, chapter 22 4:2)
  • τῷ δ’ Εὐμήλῳ χρησμὸσ ἦν τὴν φερομένην οἰκίαν φυλάξασθαι. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 20, chapter 26 2:1)
  • Ἀντίλοχ’, εἰ μὲν δή με κελεύεισ οἴκοθεν ἄλλο Εὐμήλῳ ἐπιδοῦναι, ἐγὼ δέ κε καὶ τὸ τελέσσω. (Homer, Iliad, Book 23 51:3)
  • ὃ δ’ ᾤχετο καί οἱ ἔνεικεν, Εὐμήλῳ δ’ ἐν χερσὶ τίθει· (Homer, Iliad, Book 23 52:2)
  • ἑξῆσ δὲ τοὺσ ὑπὸ τῷ Εὐμήλῳ καταλέγει, τὴν συνεχῆ παραλίαν, ἥπερ ἐστὶν ἤδη Μαγνησίασ καὶ τῆσ Πελασγιώτιδοσ γῆσ. (Strabo, Geography, Book 9, chapter 5 21:1)

Synonyms

  1. rich in sheep

Related

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

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