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

  • ἔβαλλον μέντοι καὶ ἐτίτρωσκον ὀστρέοισ τε ἁμαξοπληθέσι καὶ σπόγγοισ πλεθριαίοισ. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 1 41:6)
  • καὶ πρῶτον μὲν πύργουσ ἐπὶ τῷ ποταμῷ ᾠκοδόμει, φοίνιξι θεμελιώσασ οὐ μεῖον ἢ πλεθριαίοισ εἰσὶ γὰρ καὶ μείζονεσ ἢ τοσοῦτοι τὸ μῆκοσ πεφυκότεσ· (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 5 13:1)

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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