Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὀρχηστικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀρχηστικός ὀρχηστική ὀρχηστικόν

Structure: ὀρχηστικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. of or fit for dancing
  2. pantomimic

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ Κορύβαντεσ δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ κορύπτοντασ βαίνειν ὀρχηστικῶσ, οὓσ καὶ βητάρμονασ λέγει ὁ ποιητήσ δεῦτ’ ἄγε Φαιήκων βητάρμονεσ, ὅσσοι ἄριστοι. (Strabo, Geography, Book 10, chapter 3 32:9)

Synonyms

  1. of or fit for dancing

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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