Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κώληψ

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: κώληψ κώληπος

Structure: κωληπ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: from kwlh=

Sense

  1. the hollow of the knees

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • κόψ’ ὄπιθεν κώληπα τυχών, ὑπέλυσε δὲ γυῖα, κὰδ δ’ ἔβαλ’ ἐξοπίσω· (Homer, Iliad, Book 23 66:3)

Synonyms

  1. the hollow of the knees

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

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