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κακοσκελής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κακοσκελής κακοσκελές

Structure: κακοσκελη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ske/los

Sense

  1. with bad legs

Examples

  • ἐὰν οὖν, ἔφη ὁ Σωκράτησ, παρέχωνταί σοι τοὺσ ἵππουσ οἱ μὲν οὕτω κακόποδασ ἢ κακοσκελεῖσ ἢ ἀσθενεῖσ, οἱ δὲ οὕτωσ ἀτρόφουσ, ὥστε μὴ δύνασθαι ἀκολουθεῖν, οἱ δὲ οὕτωσ ἀναγώγουσ ὥστε μὴ μένειν ὅπου ἂν σὺ τάξῃσ, οἱ δὲ οὕτω λακτιστὰσ ὥστε μηδὲ τάξαι δυνατὸν εἶναι, τί σοι τοῦ ἱππικοῦ ὄφελοσ ἔσται; (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 3 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. with bad legs

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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