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πάμφωνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πάμφωνος πάμφωνον

Structure: παμφων (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fwnh/

Sense

  1. with all tones, full-toned or many-tone, expressive

Examples

  • οὐδ’ ἔμειν’ ἐλθεῖν τράπεζαν νυμφίαν οὐδὲ παμφώνων ἰαχὰν ὑμεναίων, ἅλικεσ οἱᾶ παρθένοι φιλέοισιν ἑταίρᾳ ἑσπερίαισ ὑποκουρίζεσθ’ ἀοιδαῖσ· (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 3 5:2)
  • κίτται, μιμηλὸν βιότου πτερόν, ἐν σκιεροῖσιν ἄγκεσι παμφώνων μέλπον ἀπὸ στομάτων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 280 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. with all tones

Related

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

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