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παλαιστιαῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: παλαιστιαῖος παλαιστιαῖη παλαιστιαῖον

Structure: παλαιστιαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: later form of palastiai=os.

Sense

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

  • ὡσ δὲ ἐκ τῆσ θυσίησ ἐγένετο, καταχεάμενοσ χρυσὸν ἄπλετον ἡμιπλίνθια ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἐξήλαυνε, ἐπὶ μὰν τὰ μακρότερα ποιέων ἑξαπάλαιστα, ἐπὶ δὲ τὰ βραχύτερα τριπάλαιστα, ὕψοσ δὲ παλαιστιαῖα. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 50 3:1)
  • ἦν γὰρ ὁ λουτὴρ τὴν διάμετρον πηχῶν δέκα καὶ ἐπὶ παλαιστιαῖον πάχοσ κεχωνευμένοσ. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 8 101:3)
  • ἑώσ ἀνδρομήκουσ ὕψουσ κατεπύκνωσε τρήμασι τὸ τεῖχοσ ὡσ παλαιστιαίοισ τὸ μέγεθοσ κατὰ τὴν ἐκτὸσ ἐπιφάνειαν· (Polybius, Histories, book 8, chapter 5 6:1)

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

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