Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὀκτάβλωμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀκτάβλωμος ὀκτάβλωμον

Structure: ὀκταβλωμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. consisting of eight pieces

Examples

  • τοῖσ δ’ ἅμα τεσσαρακονταετὴσ αἰζηὸσ ἕποιτο ἄρτον δειπνήσασ τετράτρυφον, ὀκτάβλωμον, ὃσ ἔργου μελετῶν ἰθεῖάν κ’ αὔλακ’ ἐλαύνοι, μηκέτι παπταίνων μεθ’ ὁμήλικασ, ἀλλ’ ἐπὶ ἔργῳ θυμὸν ἔχων· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 49:18)

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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