Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πλεθριαῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πλεθριαῖος πλεθριαῖη πλεθριαῖον

Structure: πλεθριαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ple/qron

Sense

  1. broad or long

Examples

  • εἰσὶ δὲ καὶ ἄλλαι τρεῖσ πυραμίδεσ, ὧν ἑκάστη μὲν πλευρὰ πλεθριαία ὑπάρχει, τὸ δ’ ὅλον ἔργον παραπλήσιον τῇ κατασκευῇ ταῖσ ἄλλαισ πλὴν τοῦ μεγέθουσ· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 1, chapter 64 10:1)

Synonyms

  1. broad or long

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

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