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εὐπέταλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐπέταλος εὐπέταλον

Structure: εὐπεταλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pe/talon

Sense

  1. with beautiful leaves

Examples

  • κύκλῳ δὲ περὶ σὲ κισσὸσ εὐπέταλοσ ἕλικι θάλλει. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Lyric-Scene, antistrophe 32)
  • θρυμματίδεσ δ’ ἐπὶ ταύταισ εὐπέταλοι χλωραί θ’ ἁδυφάρυγγεσ πύρνων τε στεγαναὶ φύσται μέγαθοσ κακκάβου γλυκυόξεισ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 28 2:7)
  • εὐόδμοισ δὲ μύροισι καὶ εὐπετάλοισ στεφάνοισι καὶ Βρομίῳ παύω φροντίδασ ἀργαλέασ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 54 1:1)
  • Εὐπέταλον γλαυκὰν ἀναδενδράδα τάνδε παρ’ ἄκραισ ἱδρυθεὶσ λοφιαῖσ Πὰν ὅδ’ ἐπισκοπέω. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 2491)
  • εὐπετάλῳ δὲ κόμασ ἐστεμμένοσ ἔπρεπε δάφνῃ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 2, chapter 1 53:1)

Synonyms

  1. with beautiful leaves

Related

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

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