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εὐπλόκαμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐπλόκαμος εὐπλόκαμη εὐπλόκαμον

Structure: εὐπλοκαμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. with goodly locks, fairhaired, goodly

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • "δέκα δ’ ἡμεῖσ τοὺσ φοίνικασ νύμφαι ἐυπλόκαμοι, κοῦραι Διὸσ αἰγιόχοιο. (Plutarch, De defectu oraculorum, section 113)
  • αὐτὰρ ἐυπλόκαμοι Χάριτεσ καὶ ἐύφρονεσ Ὧραι Ἁρμονίη θ’ Ἥβη τε Διὸσ θυγάτηρ τ’ Ἀφροδίτη ὀρχεῦντ’ ἀλλήλων ἐπὶ καρπῷ χεῖρασ ἔχουσαι· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, , <[Ei)\s A)po/llwna Pu/qion]> 2:6)
  • θεαὶ δ’ ἐπιποιμένεσ εἰσίν, νύμφαι ἐυπλόκαμοι, Φαέθουσά τε Λαμπετίη τε, ἃσ τέκεν Ηἐλίῳ Ὑπερίονι δῖα Νέαιρα. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 12 14:4)
  • ἠέ πῃ ἐσ γαλόων ἢ εἰνατέρων ἐϋπέπλων ἢ ἐσ Ἀθηναίησ ἐξοίχεται, ἔνθά περ ἄλλαι Τρῳαὶ ἐϋπλόκαμοι δεινὴν θεὸν ἱλάσκονται; (Homer, Iliad, Book 6 38:6)
  • Ἕκτορ ἐπεὶ μάλ’ ἄνωγασ ἀληθέα μυθήσασθαι, οὔτέ πῃ ἐσ γαλόων οὔτ’ εἰνατέρων ἐϋπέπλων οὔτ’ ἐσ Ἀθηναίησ ἐξοίχεται, ἔνθά περ ἄλλαι Τρῳαὶ ἐϋπλόκαμοι δεινὴν θεὸν ἱλάσκονται, ἀλλ’ ἐπὶ πύργον ἔβη μέγαν Ἰλίου, οὕνεκ’ ἄκουσε τείρεσθαι Τρῶασ, μέγα δὲ κράτοσ εἶναι Ἀχαιῶν. (Homer, Iliad, Book 6 39:2)

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

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