Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

καταστύφελος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: καταστύφελος καταστύφελον

Structure: καταστυφελ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. very hard or rugged

Examples

  • τοῖον ἄρ’ ὁρ́κον ἔθεντο θεοὶ Στυγὸσ ἄφθιτον ὕδωρ ὠγύγιον, τὸ δ’ ἱήσι καταστυφέλου διὰ χώρου. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 74:14)
  • ῥινοὺσ δ’ ἐξετάνυσσε καταστυφέλῳ ἐνὶ πέτρῃ, ὡσ ἔτι νῦν τὰ μέτασσα πολυχρόνιοι πεφύασι, δηρὸν δὴ μετὰ ταῦτα καὶ ἄκριτον· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 13:8)

Synonyms

  1. very hard or rugged

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

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