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γονυπετής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: γονυπετής γονυπετές

Structure: γονυπετη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: go/nu, pi/ptw

Sense

  1. falling on the knee, kneeling posture

Examples

  • ὦ συγγένεια τῶν Ἀγήνοροσ τέκνων, ἐμῶν τυράννων, ὧν ἀπεστάλην ὕπο ‐ γονυπετεῖσ ἕδρασ προσπίτνω σ’, ἄναξ, τὸν οἴκοθεν νόμον σέβουσ’ ‐ ἔβασ ὢ χρόνῳ γᾶν πατρῴαν. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode18)

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

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