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λεπτεπίλεπτος?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: leptepileptos

Principal Part: λεπτεπίλεπτος λεπτεπίλεπτον

Structure: λεπτεπιλεπτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. thin-upon-thin, thin as thin can be

Examples

  • τρεῖς λεπτοὶ πρῴην περὶ λεπτοσύνης ἐμάχοντο, τίς προκριθεὶς εἰή λεπτεπιλεπτότερος. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 1101)

Synonyms

  1. thin-upon-thin

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

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