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πολύαινος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολύαινος πολύαινον

Structure: πολυαιν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ai)ne/w

Sense

  1. much-praised, full of wise speech and lore

Examples

  • Πολυαίνῳ δ’ ἐπέταξε τῷ Μεγαλοπολίτῃ τοὺσ περιλειπομένουσ καὶ τοὺσ διακεκλικότασ τὴν φυγὴν Ἰλλυριοὺσ καὶ θωρακίτασ καὶ μισθοφόρουσ συναθροίσαντι μετὰ σπουδῆσ ἐφεδρεύειν τῷ κέρατι τῆσ φάλαγγοσ καὶ τηρεῖν τὴν ἐπάνοδον τῶν ἐκ διώγματοσ ἀναχωρούντων. (Polybius, Histories, book 11, chapter 15 5:1)

Related

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

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