Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

περιμήκης

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: περιμήκης περιμήκες

Structure: περιμηκη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: mh=kos

Sense

  1. very tall or long, very large, huge

Examples

  • Ποσειδάωνι δὲ ταύρουσ δώδεκα κεκριμένουσ ἱερεύσομεν, αἴ κ’ ἐλεήσῃ, μηδ’ ἡμῖν περίμηκεσ ὄροσ πόλει ἀμφικαλύψῃ. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 13 24:7)
  • ποιησαμένην γάρ μιν οἴκημα περίμηκεσ ὑπόγαιον καινοῦν τῷ λόγῳ, νόῳ δὲ ἄλλα μηχανᾶσθαι· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 100 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. very tall or long

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

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