Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὀρθόκρανος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀρθόκρανος ὀρθόκρανον

Structure: ὀρθοκραν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. having a high head, lofty

Examples

  • καὶ τὸν μέν, αἰτήσαντεσ ἐνοδίαν θεὸν Πλούτωνά τ’ ὀργὰσ εὐμενεῖσ κατασχεθεῖν λούσαντεσ ἁγνὸν λουτρόν, ἐν νεοσπάσιν θαλλοῖσ ὃ δὴ λέλειπτο συγκατῄθομεν, καὶ τύμβον ὀρθόκρανον οἰκείασ χθονὸσ χώσαντεσ αὖθισ πρὸσ λιθόστρωτον κόρησ νυμφεῖον Αἵδου κοῖλον εἰσεβαίνομεν. (Sophocles, Antigone, episode 1:9)

Synonyms

  1. having a high head

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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