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κανθήλιος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: κανθήλιος

Etym.: = ka/nqwn,

Sense

  1. a large sort of ass, a pack-ass

Examples

  • οὐδὲ δεῖ τινοσ τοῦ ἀποδύσοντοσ τὴν λεοντῆν, ὡσ φανερὸσ γένοιο κανθήλιοσ ὤν, εἰ μή τισ ἄρα ἐξ Ὑπερβορέων ἄρτι ἐσ ἡμᾶσ ἥκοι ἢ ἐσ τοσοῦτο Κυμαῖοσ εἰή ὡσ μὴ ἰδὼν εὐθὺσ εἰδέναι ὄνων ἁπάντων ὑβριστότατόν σε ὄντα, μὴ περιμείνασ ὀγκωμένου προσέτι ἀκούειν. (Lucian, Pseudologista, (no name) 3:4)
  • [ Κανθήλιοσ. (Polybius, Histories, book 8, vii. res hispaniae 1:3)

Synonyms

  1. a large sort of ass

Related

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

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