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φελλόπους

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φελλόπους

Structure: φελλοποδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. cork-footed

Examples

  • ὀγδόῃ δὲ ἡμέρᾳ πλέοντεσ οὐκέτι διὰ τοῦ γάλακτοσ, ἀλλ’ ἤδη ἐν ἁλμυρῷ καὶ κυανέῳ ὕδατι, καθορῶμεν ἀνθρώπουσ πολλοὺσ ἐπὶ τοῦ πελάγουσ διαθέοντασ, ἅπαντα ἡμῖν προσεοικότασ, καὶ τὰ σώματα καὶ τὰ μεγέθη, πλὴν τῶν ποδῶν μόνων ταῦτα γὰρ φέλλινα εἶχον, ἀφ’ οὗ δή, οἶμαι, καὶ ἐκαλοῦντο Φελλόποδεσ. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 2 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. cork-footed

Similar forms

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

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