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κολπώδης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κολπώδης κολπώδες

Structure: κολπωδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ei)=dos

Sense

  1. embosomed, embayed

Examples

  • μὴ στέλλειν τὰν σὰν ἶνιν πρὸσ τὰν κολπώδη πτέρυγ’ Εὐβοίασ Αὖλιν ἀκλύσταν. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, episode, anapests 1:5)
  • ἀπὸ δὲ Καλχηδόνοσ παρὰ τὴν Ἀσίαν τἀναντία τούτοισ διὰ τὸ κολπώδη τὸν παράπλουν ὑπάρχειν καὶ προτείνειν πολὺ τὴν τῶν Κυζικηνῶν χώραν. (Polybius, Histories, book 4, chapter 44 7:1)

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

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