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γεώλοφος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: γεώλοφος

Structure: γεωλοφ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. crested with earth, a hill, hillock

Examples

  • ἄρτι δὲ τῆσ ἡμέρασ διαφαινούσησ, καὶ πάντων ταῖσ τε διανοίαισ καὶ τοῖσ ὄμμασι περιεσπασμένων περὶ τοὺσ ἐν τῷ γεωλόφῳ κινδυνεύοντασ, ἀνύποπτοσ ἦν ἡ τῶν ἐνεδρευόντων ὑποβολή. (Polybius, Histories, book 3, chapter 105 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. crested with earth

Related

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

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