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μελάμφυλλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μελάμφυλλος μελάμφυλλον

Structure: μελαμφυλλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fu/llon

Sense

  1. dark-leaved, dark with leaves

Examples

  • τοῖοσ Ἑλλάνων δι’ ἀπείρονα κύκλον φαῖνε θαυμαστὸν δέμασ, δισκὸν τροχοειδέα ῥίπτων, καὶ μελαμφύλλου κλάδον ἀκτέασ ἐσ αἰπεινὰν προπέμπων αἰθέρ’ ἐκ χειρὸσ βοὰν ὤτρυνε λαῶν, ἢ τελευταίασ ἀμάρυγμα πάλασ· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 9 4:2)

Synonyms

  1. dark-leaved

Related

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

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