Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐχιδναῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐχιδναῖος ἐχιδναῖη ἐχιδναῖον

Structure: ἐχιδναι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. of or like a viper

Examples

  • Σῆμα τόδ’ Ἀρχιλόχου παραπόντιον, ὅσ ποτεπικρὴν μοῦσαν ἐχιδναίῳ πρῶτοσ ἔβαψε χόλῳ, αἱμάξασ Ἑλικῶνα τὸν ἥμερον· (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , section70)
  • σῆμα τόδ’ Ἀρχιλόχου παραπόντιον, ὅσ ποτε πικρὴν μοῦσαν ἐχιδναίῳ πρῶτοσ ἔβαψε χόλῳ, αἱμάξασ Ἑλικῶνα τὸν ἥμερον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 711)

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

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