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εὔπλεκτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὔπλεκτος

Structure: εὐπλεκτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ple/kw

Sense

  1. well-plaited, well-twisted

Examples

  • ἡ δὲ μέγα στονάχησε καὶ ἥλατο, καὶ τὸ πρόσωπον πλῆξε, καὶ εὐπλέκτου βότρυν ἔρηξε κόμησ, καί με μένειν ἱκέτευεν ἐγὼ δέ τισ ὡσ βραδυπειθὴσ ὄμματι θρυπτομένῳ συγκατένευσα μόνον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 287 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. well-plaited

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

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