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πολυκαμπής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολυκαμπής πολυκαμπές

Structure: πολυκαμπη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ka/mptw

Sense

  1. much bent

Examples

  • καὶ κτένασ ἑλκητῆρασ, ἀνὰ προπύλαιον Ἀθάνασ θήκατο, καὶ ῥαπτὰσ γειοφόρουσ σκαφίδασ, θησαυρῶν ὅτ’ ἔκυρσεν, ἐπεὶ τάχ’ ἂν ἁ πολυκαμπὴσ ἰξὺσ κεἰσ Αἴδαν ᾤχετο κυφαλέα. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 297 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. much bent

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

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