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νευροπλεκής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: νευροπλεκής νευροπλεκές

Structure: νευροπλεκη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ple/kw

Sense

  1. plaited with sinews

Examples

  • Ὑλησκόπῳ με Πανὶ θηρευτὴσ Γέλων ἔθηκε λόγχην, ἧσ ἀπέθρισε χρόνοσ ἀκμὴν ἐν ἔργῳ, καὶ λίνων πολυστρόφων γεραιὰ τρύχη, καὶ πάγασ δεραγχέασ, νευροπλεκεῖσ τε κνωδάλων ἐπισφύρουσ ὠκεῖσ ποδίστρασ, καὶ τραχηλοδεσπότασ κλοιοὺσ κυνούχουσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 1071)

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

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