Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

καράτομος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: καράτομος καράτομον

Structure: καρατομ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: te/mnw

Sense

  1. beheaded
  2. cut off from the head, shorn

Examples

  • σφαγαὶ δ’ ἀμφιβώμιοι Φρυγῶν, ἔν τε δεμνίοισ καράτομοσ ἐρημία νεανίδων στέφανον ἔφερεν Ἑλλάδι κουροτρόφον, Φρυγῶν πατρίδι πένθη. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, choral, epode5)

Synonyms

  1. cut off from the head

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

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