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γύπινος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: γύπινος

Structure: γυπιν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: gu/y

Sense

  1. of a vulture

Examples

  • ἐπεὶ δὲ κατ’ αὐτὴν ἤδη τὴν σελήνην ἐγεγόνειν πάμπολυ τῶν νεφῶν ἀποσπάσασ, ᾐσθόμην κάμνοντοσ ἐμαυτοῦ, καὶ μάλιστα κατὰ τὴν ἀριστερὰν πτέρυγα τὴν γυπίνην. (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 11:4)

Similar forms

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

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