Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κύμβαχος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κύμβαχος κύμβαχον

Structure: κυμβαχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ku/ptw

Sense

  1. head-foremost
  2. the crown of a helmet

Examples

  • τοῦ δὲ Μέγησ κόρυθοσ χαλκήρεοσ ἱπποδασείησ κύμβαχον ἀκρότατον νύξ’ ἔγχεϊ ὀξυόεντι, ῥῆξε δ’ ἀφ’ ἵππειον λόφον αὐτοῦ· (Homer, Iliad, Book 15 56:16)

Synonyms

  1. head-foremost

  2. the crown of a helmet

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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