Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὀξυκώκυτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀξυκώκυτος ὀξυκώκυτον

Structure: ὀξυκωκυτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: kwku/w

Sense

  1. wailed with shrill cries

Examples

  • παίσασ ὑφ’ ἧπαρ αὐτόχειρ αὑτήν, ὅπωσ παιδὸσ τόδ’ ᾔσθετ’ ὀξυκώκυτον πάθοσ. (Sophocles, Antigone, choral, strophe 35)

Synonyms

  1. wailed with shrill cries

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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