Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πολυαύχενος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολυαύχενος πολυαύχενον

Structure: πολυαυχεν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: au)xh/n

Sense

  1. with many necks

Examples

  • Ἡρακλέουσ ἆθλοι πρῶτα μὲν ἐν Νεμέῃ βριαρὸν κατέπεφνε λέοντα, δεύτερον, ἐν Λέρνῃ πολυαύχενον ὤλεσεν ὕδραν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 921)

Synonyms

  1. with many necks

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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