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εὐρύστερνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐρύστερνος εὐρύστερνον

Structure: εὐρυστερν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ste/rnon

Sense

  1. broad-breasted

Examples

  • οὐ μὰν οὐδὲ λύραν τισ ἐπίσταται ὧδε κροτῆσαι Ἄρτεμιν ἀείδοισα καὶ εὐρύστερνον Ἀθάναν, ὡσ Ἑλένα, τᾶσ πάντεσ ἐπ’ ὄμμασιν ἵμεροι ἐντί. (Theocritus, Idylls, 18)
  • οὐρανὸν εὐρύστερνον ἔχων ἐπικείμενον ὤμοισ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 303 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. broad-breasted

Related

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

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