Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μελαμβαθής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μελαμβαθής μελαμβαθές

Structure: μελαμβαθη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ba/qos

Sense

  1. darkly deep

Examples

  • ἀλλ’ εἶμι καὶ στὰσ ἐξ ἐπάλξεων ἄκρων σφάξασ ἐμαυτὸν σηκὸν ἐσ μελαμβαθῆ δράκοντοσ, ἔνθ’ ὁ μάντισ ἐξηγήσατο, ἐλευθερώσω γαῖαν· (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode 9:2)

Synonyms

  1. darkly deep

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

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