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ἰξοβόλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἰξοβόλος ἰξοβόλον

Structure: ἰξοβολ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ba/llw

Sense

  1. setting limed twigs.

Examples

  • καύματοσ ἐν θάμνοισι λαλίστατοσ ἡνίκα τέττιξ φθέγξατο διγλώσσῳ μελπόμενοσ στόματι, δουνακόεντα Κρίτων συνθεὶσ δόλον, εἷλεν ἀοιδὸν ἠέροσ, οὐκ ἰδίην ἰξοβολῶν μελέτην. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 2731)

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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