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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

  • "ὅθεν τὰ πολυκαρπότατα τῶν φυτῶν ἐκλεγόμενοι παραπηγνύουσιν, ὥσπερ γυναιξὶ πολυγαλακτούσαισ ἕτερα βρέφη προσβάλλοντεσ. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 2, 6:2)

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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