Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἰσοχειλής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἰσοχειλής ἰσοχειλές

Structure: ἰσοχειλη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: xei=los

Sense

  1. level with the brim

Examples

  • ἐνῆσαν δὲ καὶ αὐταὶ αἱ κριθαὶ ἰσοχειλεῖσ, καὶ κάλαμοι ἐνέκειντο, οἱ μὲν μείζουσ οἱ δὲ ἐλάττουσ, γόνατα οὐκ ἔχοντεσ· (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 5 27:2)

Synonyms

  1. level with the brim

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

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