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γοργωπός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: γοργωπός

Structure: γοργωπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: w)/y

Sense

  1. fierce-eyed

Examples

  • ὄρθου κεφαλὴν πῆχυν ἐρείσασ, λῦσον βλεφάρων γοργωπὸν ἕδραν, λεῖπε χαμεύνασ φυλλοστρώτουσ, Ἕκτορ· (Euripides, Rhesus, choral, anapests4)
  • ‐ λεύσσεισ οὖν ἐπ’ Ἐγκελάδῳ γοργωπὸν πάλλουσαν ἴτυν ‐ ‐ λεύσσω Παλλάδ’, ἐμὰν θεόν. (Euripides, Ion, choral, strophe 24)
  • ἐξ ὀμμάτων δ’ ἤστραπτε γοργωπὸν σέλασ, ὡσ τὴν Διὸσ τυραννίδ’ ἐκπέρσων βίᾳ· (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, episode, anapests 3:10)

Synonyms

  1. fierce-eyed

Related

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

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