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κηροπαγής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κηροπαγής κηροπαγές

Structure: κηροπαγη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ph/gnumi

Sense

  1. fastened with wax

Examples

  • Αἰόλον ἱμεροθαλὲσ ἐάρ φαίνουσα, μέλισσα ξουθά, ἐφ’ ὡραίοισ ἄνθεσι μαινομένα, χῶρον ἐφ’ ἡδύπνοον πωτωμένα, ἔργα τίθευ σύ, ὄφρα τεὸσ πλήθῃ κηροπαγὴσ θάλαμοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 5641)

Synonyms

  1. fastened with wax

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

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