Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἡμίσπαστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἡμίσπαστος ἡμίσπαστον

Structure: ἡμισπαστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: spa/w

Sense

  1. half-pulled down

Examples

  • τούτων πασῶν αἱ μὲν τελέωσ ἠφανίσθησαν, αἱ δ’ ἡμίσπαστοι κατελείφθησαν· (Strabo, Geography, book 17, chapter 3 24:11)

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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