Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μυλοειδής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μυλοειδής μυλοειδές

Structure: μυλοειδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ei)=dos

Sense

  1. like a millstone

Examples

  • δεύτεροσ αὖτ’ Αἰάσ πολὺ μείζονα λᾶαν ἀείρασ ἧκ’ ἐπιδινήσασ, ἐπέρεισε δὲ ἶν’ ἀπέλεθρον, εἴσω δ’ ἀσπίδ’ ἐάξε βαλὼν μυλοειδέϊ πέτρῳ, βλάψε δέ οἱ φίλα γούναθ’· (Homer, Iliad, Book 7 24:13)

Synonyms

  1. like a millstone

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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