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πλάκινος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πλάκινος πλάκινη πλάκινον

Structure: πλακιν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pla/c

Sense

  1. made of planks, with a board on it

Examples

  • Δηοῖ λικμαίῃ καὶ ἐναυλακοφοίτισιν Ὥραισ Ἡρῶναξ πενιχρῆσ ἐξ ὀλιγηροσίησ μοῖραν ἀλωΐτα στάχυοσ, πάνσπερμά τε ταῦτα ὄσπρι’ ἐπὶ πλακίνου τοῦδ’ ἔθετο τρίποδοσ, ἐκ μικρῶν ὀλίγιστα· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 981)

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

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