Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

μακρόκωλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μακρόκωλος μακρόκωλον

Structure: μακροκωλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: kw=lon

Sense

  1. long-limbed, sling
  2. with long clauses

Examples

  • σφενδόνασ δὲ περὶ τῇ κεφαλῇ τρεῖσ μελαγκρανίνασ ἢ τριχίνασ ἢ νευρίνασ, τὴν μὲν μακρόκωλον πρὸσ τὰσ μακροβολίασ, τὴν δὲ βραχύκωλον πρὸσ τὰσ ἐν βραχεῖ βολάσ, τὴν δὲ μέσην πρὸσ τὰσ μέσασ. (Strabo, Geography, book 3, chapter 5 2:20)

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

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