Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ποικιλόδειρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ποικιλόδειρος ποικιλόδειρον

Structure: ποικιλοδειρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: deirh/

Sense

  1. with variegated neck

Examples

  • ὧδ’ ἴρηξ προσέειπεν ἀηδόνα ποικιλόδειρον ὕψι μάλ’ ἐν νεφέεσσι φέρων ὀνύχεσσι μεμαρπώσ· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 24:2)

Synonyms

  1. with variegated neck

Similar forms

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

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