Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κοιλόφθαλμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κοιλόφθαλμος κοιλόφθαλμον

Structure: κοιλοφθαλμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. hollow-eyed

Examples

  • καὶ μὴν τὸ ἐξόφθαλμον εἶναι ἐγρηγορὸσ μᾶλλον φαίνεται τοῦ κοιλοφθάλμου, καὶ ἐπὶ πλέον δ’ ἂν ὁ τοιοῦτοσ ὁρῴη. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 1 12:3)

Synonyms

  1. hollow-eyed

Similar forms

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

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