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κατωβλέπων

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: κατωβλέπων κατωβλέποντος

Structure: κατωβλεποντ (Stem)

Sense

  1. one looking down, down-looker
  2. the name of an African animal

Examples

  • "τὴν γοργόνα τὸ ζῷον καλοῦσιν οἱ ἐν Λιβύῃ Νομάδεσ, ὅπου καὶ γίνεται, κατώβλεπον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 644)

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