Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ποικιλόνωτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ποικιλόνωτος ποικιλόνωτον

Structure: ποικιλονωτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. with back of various hues

Examples

  • ὅθι ποικιλόνωτοσ οἰ‐ νωπὸσ δράκων, σκιερᾷ κατάχαλκοσ εὐ‐ φύλλῳ δάφνᾳ, γᾶσ πελώριον τέρασ, ἄμφεπε μαντεῖ‐ ον Χθόνιον. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, choral, strophe 13)

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

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