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γεγωνός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: γεγωνός

Structure: γεγων (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from gegwnw/s, part. of ge/gwna

Sense

  1. loud-sounding, loud of voice

Examples

  • Καπανεὺσ δ’ ἀπειλεῖ, δρᾶν παρεσκευασμένοσ, θεοὺσ ἀτίζων, κἀπογυμνάζων στόμα χαρᾷ ματαίᾳ θνητὸσ ὢν εἰσ οὐρανὸν πέμπει γεγωνὰ Ζηνὶ κυμαίνοντ’ ἔπη· (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, choral, strophe 1 1:10)

Synonyms

  1. loud-sounding

Related

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

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