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 τέτταρεσ, τὸ μὲν εὖροσ πλεθριαῖαι, βαθεῖαι δὲ ἰσχυρῶσ, καὶ πλοῖα πλεῖ ἐν αὐταῖσ σιταγωγά· (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 7 16:3)

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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