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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

  • σκέψαι τοίνυν οἱούσ αὐτοὺσ παρ’ ἐμοῦ παρεδέξατο πρῶτον, εἰ γενναίουσ καὶ τετραπήχεισ, καὶ μὴ διαδρασιπολίτασ, μηδ’ ἀγοραίουσ μηδὲ κοβάλουσ ὥσπερ νῦν μηδὲ πανούργουσ, ἀλλὰ πνέοντασ δόρυ καὶ λόγχασ καὶ λευκολόφουσ τρυφαλείασ καὶ πήληκασ καὶ κνημῖδασ καὶ θυμοὺσ ἑπταβοείουσ. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Agon, Antepirrheme7)

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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