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πεντάστομος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πεντάστομος πεντάστομον

Structure: πενταστομ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: sto/ma

Sense

  1. with five mouths or openings

Examples

  • τῶν γὰρ ταῦτα τὰ χωρία προσχωσάντων ποταμῶν ἑνὶ τῶν στομάτων τοῦ Νείλου, ἐόντοσ πενταστόμου, οὐδεὶσ αὐτῶν πλήθεοσ πέρι ἄξιοσ συμβληθῆναι ἐστί. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 10 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. with five mouths or openings

Related

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

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