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μηροτραφής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μηροτραφής μηροτραφές

Structure: μηροτραφη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: tre/fw

Sense

  1. thigh-bred

Examples

  • καὶ σὺ ζῇσ ἡμῖν, ἐν Φοινίκῃ δὲ καθεύδεισ, κοὐκ ὢν ἐκ Σεμέλησ μηροτραφὴσ γέγονασ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 3293)

Synonyms

  1. thigh-bred

Similar forms

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

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