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πενταφυής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πενταφυής πενταφυές

Structure: πενταφυη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: fuh/

Sense

  1. of five-fold nature, five

Examples

  • τῇ δὲ χερῶν πενταφυεῖσ ὄνυχεσ, πλευρά τε σαρκολιπῆ, ταρσοὶ δ’ ἑτέρωθεν ἄμοιροι νεύρων, καὶ κώλων ἔκλυτοσ ἁρμονίη. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 3832)

Synonyms

  1. of five-fold nature

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

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