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πετρόκοιτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πετρόκοιτος πετρόκοιτον

Structure: πετροκοιτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: koi/th

Sense

  1. with bed of rock

Examples

  • καί τισ ὠμόθυμοσ ἀμφίπαλτον αἶψ’ αὐδὰν θὴρ ἐν κόλπῳ δεξάμενοσ θαλαμᾶν μυχοιτάτῳ ῥίμφα πετρόκοιτον ἐκλιπὼν ὄρουσ1̓ εὐνάν, ματρὸσ πλαγκτὸν μαιόμενοσ βαλίασ ἑλεῖν τέκοσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 15, chapter 27 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. with bed of rock

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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