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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

  • περικλείεται δ’ [ὁ] Αὄρνοσ ὀφρύσιν ὀρθίαισ ὑπερκειμέναισ πανταχόθεν πλὴν τοῦ εἴσπλου, νῦν μὲν ἡμέρωσ ἐκπεπονημέναισ πρότερον δὲ συνηρεφέσιν ἀγρίᾳ ὕλῃ μεγαλοδένδρῳ καὶ ἀβάτῳ, αἳ κατὰ δεισιδαιμονίαν κατάσκιον ἐποίουν τὸν κόλπον. (Strabo, Geography, book 5, chapter 4 10:8)

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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