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περίσπλαγχνος?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: perisplanchnos

Principal Part: περίσπλαγχνος περίσπλαγχνον

Structure: περισπλαγχν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

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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