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μεγαλόδενδρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μεγαλόδενδρος μεγαλόδενδρον

Structure: μεγαλοδενδρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: de/ndron

Sense

  1. full of large trees

Examples

  • ὁ δὲ Ἑρκύνιοσ δρυμὸσ πυκνότερόσ τέ ἐστι καὶ μεγαλόδενδροσ ἐν χωρίοισ ἐρυμνοῖσ κύκλον περιλαμβάνων μέγαν, ἐν μέσῳ δὲ ἵδρυται χώρα καλῶσ οἰκεῖσθαι δυναμένη, περὶ ἧσ εἰρήκαμεν. (Strabo, Geography, Book 7, chapter 1 10:1)
  • καὶ γὰρ πάμφοροσ καὶ μεγαλόδενδροσ πλὴν ἐλαίασ καὶ ποταμοῖσ κατάρρυτοσ. (Strabo, Geography, book 15, chapter 2 28:5)
  • μεγαλόδενδρόσ τε καὶ πολύδενδροσ ὑπερβαλλόντωσ ἐστὶ καὶ πάμφοροσ· (Strabo, Geography, book 17, chapter 3 8:2)

Synonyms

  1. full of large trees

Related

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

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