Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

λειογένειος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λειογένειος λειογένειον

Structure: λειογενει (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ge/neion

Sense

  1. smooth-chinned

Examples

  • εἴπασ ταῦτα, συνέπαινοι γὰρ ἦσαν οἱ Πέρσαι, γυναῖκασ μὲν ἐξελθούσασ ἀπέπεμπε ἐσ τὴν γυναικηίην, αὐτὸσ δὲ ὁ Ἀλέξανδροσ ἴσουσ τῇσι γυναιξὶ ἀριθμὸν ἄνδρασ λειογενείουσ τῇ τῶν γυναικῶν ἐσθῆτι σκευάσασ καὶ ἐγχειρίδια δοὺσ ἦγε ἔσω, παράγων δὲ τούτουσ ἔλεγε τοῖσι Πέρσῃσι τάδε. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 5, chapter 20 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. smooth-chinned

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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