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πολύλλιθος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολύλλιθος πολύλλιθον

Structure: πολυλλιθ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. very stony

Examples

  • Ἡράκλεεσ, Τρηχῖνα πολύλλιθον ὅσ τε καὶ Οἴτην καὶ βαθὺν εὐδένδρου πρῶνα πατεῖσ Φολόησ, τοῦτό σοι ἀγροτέρησ Διονύσιοσ αὐτὸσ ἐλαίησ χλωρὸν ἀπὸ δρεπάνῳ θῆκε ταμὼν ῥόπαλον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 31)

Synonyms

  1. very stony

Similar forms

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

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