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πεντεσύριγγος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πεντεσύριγγος πεντεσύριγγον

Structure: πεντεσυριγγ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: su=rigc

Sense

  1. with five holes, a pillory, furnished with five holes

Examples

  • τουτονὶ δῆσαί σ’ ἐκέλευ’ ἐν πεντεσυρίγγῳ ξύλῳ. (Aristotle, Episode 1:27)
  • καὶ τὸ Πολυεύκτου εἰσ ἀποπληκτικόν τινα Σπεύσιππον, τὸ μὴ δύνασθαι ἡσυχίαν ἄγειν ὑπὸ τῆσ τύχησ ἐν πεντεσυρίγγῳ νόσῳ δεδεμένον. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 3, chapter 10 7:11)

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

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