Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

παραμήκης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: παραμήκης παραμήκες

Structure: παραμηκη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: mh=kos

Sense

  1. oblong or oval
  2. extending parallel to

Examples

  • Κληϊσ δὲ κατεαγεῖσα, ἢν μὲν ἀτρεκέωσ ἀποκαυλισθῇ, εὐιητοτέρη ἐστίν‧ ἢν δὲ παραμηκέωσ, δυσιητοτέρη. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 14.1)

Synonyms

  1. extending parallel to

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

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