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λαχανόπτερος?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: lachanopteros

Principal Part: λαχανόπτερος λαχανόπτερον

Structure: λαχανοπτερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: πτερόν

Sense

  1. vegetable-winged

Examples

  • τούτων δὲ ὀκτακισμύριοι μὲν ἦσαν οἱ Ἱππόγυποι, δισμύριοι δὲ οἱ ἐπὶ τῶν Λαχανοπτέρων. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 1 13:4)
  • 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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