Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πολυκέφαλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολυκέφαλος πολυκέφαλον

Structure: πολυκεφαλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: kefalh/

Sense

  1. many-headed

Examples

  • ὁρᾷσ γοῦν ὅτι καὶ νῦν διὰ τῆσ ἐπαλλάξεωσ ταύτησ ὁ πολυκέφαλοσ σοφιστὴσ ἠνάγκακεν ἡμᾶσ τὸ μὴ ὂν οὐχ ἑκόντασ ὁμολογεῖν εἶναί πωσ. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 146:3)

Synonyms

  1. many-headed

Related

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

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