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κεκρύφαλος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: κεκρύφαλος

Etym.: kru/ptw

Sense

  1. a woman's head-dress of net
  2. part of the headstall of a bridle
  3. the pouch or belly of a hunting-net

Examples

  • οὐχὶ βαθυστόλμων Ἱππαρχία ἔργα γυναικῶν, τῶν δὲ Κυνῶν ἑλόμαν ῥωμαλέον βίοτον οὐδέ μοι ἀμπεχόναι περονήτιδεσ, οὐ βαθύπελμοσ εὔμαρισ, οὐ λιπόων εὐάδε κεκρύφαλοσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 4131)

Synonyms

  1. the pouch or belly of a hunting-net

Related

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

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