Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

λεπτόμιτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λεπτόμιτος λεπτόμιτον

Structure: λεπτομιτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. of fine threads

Examples

  • θηρευτὴσ δολιχὸν τόδε δίκτυον ἄνθετο Δᾶμισ Πίγρησ δ’ ὀρνίθων λεπτόμιτον νεφέλην, τριγλοφόρουσ δὲ χιτῶνασ ὁ νυκτερέτησ θέτο Κλείτωρ τῷ Πανί, τρισσῶν ἐργάτιναι καμάτων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 111)

Synonyms

  1. of fine threads

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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