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ἡμιφάλακρος?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: hēmiphalakros

Principal Part: ἡμιφάλακρος ἡμιφάλακρον

Structure: ἡμιφαλακρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. half-bald

Examples

  • μισῶ, δέσποτα Καῖσαρ, ὅσοις νέος οὐδέποτ οὐδεὶς ἤρεσε, κἂν εἴπῃ, μῆνιν ἀείδε θεά, ἀλλ ἢν μὴ Πριάμου τις ἔχῃ χρόνον ἡμιφάλακρος, ἢ καὶ κυρτὸς ἄγαν, οὐ δύνατ ἄλφα γράφειν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 1321)

Synonyms

  1. half-bald

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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