Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

ἰδιόμορφος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἰδιόμορφος ἰδιόμορφον

Structure: ἰδιομορφ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: mo/rfh

Sense

  1. of peculiar form

Examples

  • οἱᾶ τὰ τῶν χρυσωρύχων μυρμήκων καὶ ἄλλων θηρίων τε καὶ ἀνθρώπων ἰδιομόρφων καὶ δυνάμεσί τισιν ἐξηλλαγμένων, ὡσ τοὺσ Σῆρασ μακροβίουσ φασὶ πέρα καὶ διακοσίων ἐτῶν παρατείνοντασ. (Strabo, Geography, book 15, chapter 1 74:3)

Synonyms

  1. of peculiar form

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

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