Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

λαχανόπτερος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λαχανόπτερος λαχανόπτερον

Structure: λαχανοπτερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ptero/n

Sense

  1. vegetable-winged

Examples

  • τὸ μὲν δεξιὸν κέρασ εἶχον οἱ Ἱππόγυποι καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺσ τοὺσ ἀρίστουσ περὶ αὑτὸν ἔχων καὶ ἡμεῖσ ἐν τούτοισ ἦμεν τὸ δὲ εὐώνυμον οἱ Λαχανόπτεροι· (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 1 15:3)

Synonyms

  1. vegetable-winged

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

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