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ὀφθαλμωρύχος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀφθαλμωρύχος ὀφθαλμωρύχον

Structure: ὀφθαλμωρυχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. tearing out the eyes

Examples

  • ἀλλ’ οὗ καρανιστῆρεσ ὀφθαλμωρύχοι δίκαι σφαγαί τε σπέρματόσ τ’ ἀποφθορᾷ παίδων κακοῦται χλοῦνισ, ἠδ’ ἀκρωνία, λευσμόσ τε, καὶ μύζουσιν οἰκτισμὸν πολὺν ὑπὸ ῥάχιν παγέντεσ. (Aeschylus, Eumenides, episode3)

Synonyms

  1. tearing out the eyes

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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