Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πολύεδρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολύεδρος πολύεδρον

Structure: πολυεδρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e(/dra

Sense

  1. polyhedral

Examples

  • καί ἐστιν ἡ μὲν ΑΨ ἐπὶ μίαν τοῦ πολυέδρου βάσιν, ἡ δὲ ΑΗ ἐπὶ τὴν τῆσ ἐλάσσονοσ σφαίρασ ἐπιφάνειαν· (Euclid, Elements, book 12, type Prop559)
  • μείζων δὲ ἡ ΑΒΓ σφαῖρα τοῦ ἐν αὐτῇ πολυέδρου· (Euclid, Elements, book 12, type Prop580)
  • μείζων ἄρα καὶ ἡ ΗΘΚ σφαῖρα τοῦ ἐν τῇ ΔΕΖ σφαίρᾳ πολυέδρου. (Euclid, Elements, book 12, type Prop581)

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

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