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ὀφιόπους

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀφιόπους

Structure: ὀφιοποδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. with serpents for legs

Examples

  • "εἶχεν δὲ καὶ δᾷδα ἐν τῇ ἀριστερᾷ καὶ ξίφοσ ἐν τῇ δεξιᾷ ὅσον εἰκοσάπηχυ, καὶ τὰ μὲν ἔνερθεν ὀφιόπουσ ἦν, τὰ δὲ ἄνω Γοργόνι ἐμφερήσ, τὸ βλέμμα φημὶ καὶ τὸ φρικῶδεσ τῆσ προσόψεωσ, καὶ ἀντὶ τῆσ κόμησ τοὺσ δράκοντασ βοστρυχηδὸν καθεῖτο εἰλουμένουσ περὶ τὸν αὐχένα καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ὤμων ἐνίουσ ἐσπειραμένουσ. (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 20:4)

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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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