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φρενοπληγής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φρενοπληγής φρενοπληγές

Structure: φρενοπληγη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: plh/ssw

Sense

  1. striking the mind, driving mad, maddening

Examples

  • ἐλελεῦ ἐλελεῦ, ὑπό μ’ αὖ σφάκελοσ καὶ φρενοπληγεῖσ μανίαι θάλπουσ’, οἴστρου δ’ ἄρδισ χρίει μ’ ἄπυροσ· (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, episode, anapests1)

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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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