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γεγωνός?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: gegōnos

Principal Part: γεγωνός

Structure: γεγων (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from γεγωνώς, part. of γέγωνα

Sense

  1. loud-sounding, loud of voice

Examples

  • ἀλλὰ σέ, κάκιστε ἀλεκτρυών, ὁ Ζεὺς αὐτὸς ἐπιτρίψειε φθονερὸν οὕτω καὶ ὀξύφωνον ὄντα, ὃς με πλουτοῦντα καὶ ἡδίστῳ ὀνείρῳ συνόντα καὶ θαυμαστὴν εὐδαιμονίαν εὐδαιμονοῦντα διάτορόν τι καὶ γεγωνὸς ἀναβοήσας ἐπήγειρας, ὡς μηδὲ νύκτωρ γοῦν τὴν πολὺ σοῦ μιαρωτέραν πενίαν διαφύγοιμι. (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 1:1)
  • νῦν δὴ τὠτρεκὲς ἐφρασάμαν φοῖνιξ οὐ νίκαν ἐνέπει, πάτραν δὲ μεγαυχῆ ματέρα Φοινίκων, τὰν πολύπαιδα Τύρον ὄρνις δ, ὅττι γεγωνὸς ἀνήρ, καί που περὶ Κύπριν πρᾶτος κἠν Μούσαις ποικίλος ὑμνοθέτας. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 428 2:3)

Synonyms

  1. loud-sounding

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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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