Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μορμορωπός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μορμορωπός μορμορωπόν

Structure: μορμορωπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: mormw/, w)/y

Sense

  1. hideous to behold

Examples

  • κἄπειτ’ ἐπειδὴ ταῦτα ληρήσειε καὶ τὸ δρᾶμα ἤδη μεσοίη, ῥήματ’ ἂν βόεια δώδεκ’ εἶπεν, ὀφρῦσ ἔχοντα καὶ λόφουσ, δείν’ ἄττα μορμορωπά, ἄγνωτα τοῖσ θεωμένοισ. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Agon, Epirrheme14)

Synonyms

  1. hideous to behold

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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