Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

νωτιαῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: νωτιαῖος νωτιαῖη νωτιαῖον

Structure: νωτιαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: nw=ton

Sense

  1. of the back or spine, spinal

Examples

  • ἔπειτα μάστιξιν αἰκισθέντεσ ἁπάντων ὁρώντων ἀπεκόπτοντο τῷ πελέκει τοὺσ ὑπὸ ταῖσ κεφαλαῖσ νωτιαίουσ τένοντασ· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 20, chapter 16 4:2)

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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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