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πεντόργυιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πεντόργυιος πεντόργυιον

Structure: πεντοργυι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: o)/rguia

Sense

  1. of five fathoms

Examples

  • Τιμόμαχον τὸν μακρὸν ὁ πεντόργυιοσ ἐχώρει οἶκοσ, ὑπὲρ γαίησ πάντοτε κεκλιμένον στῆναι δ’ εἲ ποτ’ ἔχρῃζεν, ἔδει τοὺσ παῖδασ ἀπ’ ὄρθρου τὴν ὀροφὴν τρῆσαι πέντ’ ἐπὶ πέντε πόδασ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 871)

Synonyms

  1. of five fathoms

Similar forms

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

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