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πολύκαρπος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολύκαρπος πολύκαρπον

Structure: πολυκαρπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. rich in fruit

Examples

  • εἰσ τὸν ἅγιον Νικόλαον Νικόλεων Πολύκαρποσ ἔχει σχεδόν, οὕνεκεν ἄμφω εἰσ ἔλεον παλάμασ ἔσχον ἑτοιμοτάτασ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 1, chapter 891)
  • ἔνθα δέ οἱ πολύκαρποσ ἀλωὴ ἐρρίζωται, τῆσ ἕτερον μὲν θειλόπεδον λευρῷ ἐνὶ χώρῳ τέρσεται ἠελίῳ, ἑτέρασ δ’ ἄρα τε τρυγόωσιν, ἄλλασ δὲ τραπέουσι· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 7 10:9)

Synonyms

  1. rich in fruit

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

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