Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἰσχνόφωνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἰσχνόφωνος ἰσχνόφωνον

Structure: ἰσχνοφων (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fwnh/

Sense

  1. checked in one's voice, stuttering, stammering

Examples

  • ἐκ δὲ τῶν καμνόντων ἀπέθνῃσκον μάλιστα μειράκια, νέοι, ἀκμάζοντεσ, λεῖοι, ὑπολευκόχρωτεσ, ἰθύτριχεσ, μελανότριχεσ, μελανόφθαλμοι, οἱ εἰκῇ καὶ ἐπὶ τὸ Ῥᾴθυμον βεβιωκότεσ, ἰσχνόφωνοι, τρηχύφωνοι, τραυλοί, ὀργίλοι. (Hippocrates, Hippocrates Collected Works I, EPIDHMIWN A, 160)

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

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