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λεοντοκέφαλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λεοντοκέφαλος λεοντοκέφαλον

Structure: λεοντοκεφαλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: kefalh/

Sense

  1. lion-headed

Examples

  • τί γάρ, εἰ μηδὲ γράμματα γράφοιμεν ἐπὶ τῶν κλήρων, ἀλλά τινα σημεῖα καὶ χαρακτῆρασ, οἱᾶ πολλὰ Αἰγύπτιοι γράφουσιν ἀντὶ τῶν γραμμάτων, κυνοκεφάλουσ τινὰσ ὄντασ καὶ λεοντοκεφάλουσ ἀνθρώπουσ; (Lucian, 92:2)

Synonyms

  1. lion-headed

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

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