Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μακροκέφαλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μακροκέφαλος μακροκέφαλον

Structure: μακροκεφαλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: kefalh/

Sense

  1. long-headed

Examples

  • Ἡσιόδου δ’ οὐκ ἄν τισ αἰτιάσαιτο ἄγνοιαν, ἡμίκυνασ λέγοντοσ καὶ μακροκεφάλουσ καὶ πυγμαίουσ· (Strabo, Geography, book 1, chapter 2 70:11)

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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