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πεύκινος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πεύκινος πεύκινη πεύκινον

Structure: πευκιν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: peu/kh

Sense

  1. of or from pine or pine-wood, of the pine

Examples

  • οὔτε γὰρ πίττῃ τὴν ψυχὴν οὔτε σχοινίοισ ἐπιτρέπουσιν οὔτε τριδάκτυλον αὐτοὺσ σῴζει ξύλον πεύκινον, ἀλλ̓ ἐπέτρεψαν βεβαίῳ καὶ μεγάλῳ πράγματι τῇ τύχῃ. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 17:2)

Synonyms

  1. of or from pine or pine-wood

Related

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

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