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περίσπλαγχνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: περίσπλαγχνος περίσπλαγχνον

Structure: περισπλαγχν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: spla/gxon

Sense

  1. great-hearted

Examples

  • οὐδ’ Ὀδυσεὺσ ἑκατόν τε καὶ εἴκοσι μῆνασ ἀλαθεὶσ πάντασ ἐπ’ ἀνθρώπουσ, Αἴδαν τ’ εἰσ ἔσχατον ἐλθὼν ζωόσ, καὶ σπήλυγγα φυγὼν ὀλοοῖο Κύκλωποσ, δηναιὸν κλέοσ ἔσχεν, ἐσιγάθη δ’ ἂν ὑφορβὸσ Εὔμαιοσ, καὶ βουσὶ Φιλοίτιοσ ἀμφ’ ἀγελαίαισ ἔργον ἔχων, αὐτόσ τε περίσπλαγχνοσ Λαέρτησ, εἰ μή σφεασ ὤνασαν Ἰάονοσ ἀνδρὸσ ἀοιδαί. (Theocritus, Idylls, 24)

Synonyms

  1. great-hearted

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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