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λευκόλοφος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: λευκόλοφος λευκόλοφον

Structure: λευκολοφ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. white-crested, a white hill

Examples

  • ποιμὴν ὦ μάκαρ, εἴθε κατ’ οὔρεοσ ἐπροβάτευον κἠγὼ, ποιηρὸν τοῦτ’ ἀνὰ λευκόλοφον, κριοῖσ ἁγητῆρσι ποτ’ ἐβληχημένα βάζων, ἢ πικρῇ βάψαι νήοχα πηδάλια ἅλμῃ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 6361)

Synonyms

  1. white-crested

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

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