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μεσάγκυλον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: μεσάγκυλον μεσάγκυλου

Structure: μεσαγκυλ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Sense

  1. a javelin with a strap

Declension

Second 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

  • γενομένησ δὲ ταραχῆσ τὸ πρῶτον, εἶτα φυγῆσ καὶ φόνου πολλοῦ τῶν ψιλῶν, βουλόμενοσ ἔτι μᾶλλον ἐπιρρῶσαι τοὺσ βασιλικοὺσ καὶ προσμῖξαι κατὰ τάχοσ θορυβουμένοισ τοῖσ πολεμίοισ τὸν μὲν ἵππον ἀφῆκεν, αὐτὸσ δὲ πρὸσ χωρία σκολιὰ καὶ μεστὰ ῥείθρων καὶ φαράγγων πεζὸσ ἐν ἱππικῷ θώρακι καὶ σκευῇ βαρυτέρᾳ χαλεπῶσ καὶ ταλαιπώρωσ ἁμιλλώμενοσ διελαύνεται διαμπερὲσ ὁμοῦ τοὺσ μηροὺσ ἑκατέρουσ ἑνὶ μεσαγκύλῳ, καιρίασ μὲν οὐ γενομένησ, ἰσχυρᾶσ δὲ τῆσ πληγῆσ, ὥστε τὴν αἰχμὴν ἐπὶ θάτερα διῶσαι. (Plutarch, Philopoemen, chapter 6 4:1)
  • ἔφη γὰρ αὐτὸν κυνηγετοῦντα ταῦρον βαλεῖν ἀφ’ ἵππου μεσαγκύλῳ. (Polybius, Histories, book 22, chapter 3 9:2)

Synonyms

  1. a javelin with a strap

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

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