Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μελανόπτερος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μελανόπτερος μελανόπτερον

Structure: μελανοπτερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ptero/n

Sense

  1. black-winged

Examples

  • οὔ με παρέβα φάσμα μελανόπτερον, τὰν ἐσεῖδον ἀμφὶ σέ, ὦ τέκνον, οὐκέτ’ ὄντα Διὸσ ἐν φάει. (Euripides, Hecuba, episode, lyric2)

Synonyms

  1. black-winged

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

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