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μυλήφατος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μυλήφατος μυλήφατον

Structure: μυληφατ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pe/famai, perf. pass. of Fe/nw

Sense

  1. bruised in a mill

Examples

  • οὐδὲ γὰρ αὐτῶν ἔτλη τισ πάσσασθαι ἐδητύοσ, οὐδ’ ἐπὶ δηρὸν ἐξ ἀχέων ἔργοιο μυληφάτου ἐμνώοντο· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 18:37)
  • εἴκοσι δ’ ἔστω μέτρα μυληφάτου ἀλφίτου ἀκτῆσ. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 2 35:4)

Synonyms

  1. bruised in a mill

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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