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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

  • καὶ Ἰτάνησ Ὀξυάρτου μὲν παῖσ, Ῥωξάνησ δὲ τῆσ γυναικὸσ Ἀλεξάνδρου ἀδελφόσ, καὶ Αἰγοβάρησ καὶ ὁ τούτου ἀδελφὸσ Μιθροβαῖοσ, καὶ ἡγεμὼν ἐπὶ τούτοισ ἐπισταθεὶσ Ὑστάσπησ ὁ Βάκτριοσ, καὶ τούτοισ δόρατα Μακεδονικὰ ἀντὶ τῶν βαρβαρικῶν μεσαγκύλων δοθέντα, ‐ ταῦτα πάντα ἐλύπει τοὺσ Μακεδόνασ, ὡσ πάντῃ δὴ βαρβαρίζοντοσ τῇ γνώμῃ Ἀλεξάνδρου, τὰ δὲ Μακεδονικὰ νόμιμά τε καὶ αὐτοὺσ Μακεδόνασ ἐν ἀτίμῳ χώρᾳ ἄγοντοσ. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 7, chapter 6 5:1)

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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