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μελαγχαίτης

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: μελαγχαίτης μελαγχαίτου

Structure: μελαγχαιτ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Etym.: xai/th

Sense

  1. black-haired

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • Κένταυροι δ’ ἑτέρωθεν ἐναντίοι ἠγερέθοντο ἀμφὶ μέγαν Πετραῖον ἰδ’ Ἄσβολον οἰωνιστὴν Ἄρκτον τ’ Οὔρειόν τε μελαγχαίτην τε Μίμαντα καὶ δύο Πευκεί̈δασ, Περιμήδεά τε Δρύαλόν τε, ἀργύρεοι, χρυσέασ ἐλάτασ ἐν χερσὶν ἔχοντεσ. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 18:3)
  • γυμνὸν δ’ εἶχε μέτωπον ἀναστέλλουσα δ’ ὀπωπὰσ εἰνάλιον σκοπίαζε μελαγχαίτην παρακοίτην. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 2, chapter 1 12:3)
  • τῶν δ’ ἀναιρεθέντων Κενταύρων ὑπῆρχον ἐπιφανέστατοι Δάφνισ καὶ Ἀργεῖοσ καὶ Ἀμφίων, ἔτι δὲ Ἱπποτίων καὶ Ὄρειοσ καὶ Ἰσοπλὴσ καὶ Μελαγχαίτησ, πρὸσ δὲ τούτοισ Θηρεὺσ καὶ Δούπων καὶ Φρίξοσ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 4, chapter 12 7:1)

Synonyms

  1. black-haired

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

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