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μακροκέφαλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μακροκέφαλος μακροκέφαλον

Structure: μακροκεφαλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: kefalh/

Sense

  1. long-headed

Examples

  • εἰ οὖν γίνονται ἔκ τε φαλακρῶν φαλακροὶ καὶ ἐκ γλαυκῶν γλαυκοὶ καὶ ἐκ διεστραμμένων στρεβλοὶ ὡσ ἐπὶ τὸ πλῆθοσ, καὶ περὶ τῆσ ἄλλησ μορφῆσ ὁ αὐτὸσ λόγοσ, τί κωλύει καὶ ἐκ μακροκεφάλου μακροκέφαλον γίνεσθαι; (Hippocrates, Hippocrates Collected Works I, , xiv.8)

Synonyms

  1. long-headed

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

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