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πολύθυρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολύθυρος πολύθυρον

Structure: πολυθυρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: qu/ra

Sense

  1. with many doors or openings
  2. with many leaves

Examples

  • Γέρων, φαλακρόσ, τριβώνιον ἔχων πολύθυρον, ἅπαντι ἀνέμῳ ἀναπεπταμένον καὶ ταῖσ ἐπιπτυχαῖσ τῶν ῥακίων ποικίλον, γελᾷ δ̓ ἀεὶ καὶ τὰ πολλὰ τοὺσ ἀλαζόνασ τούτουσ φιλοσόφουσ ἐπισκώπτει. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 6:1)

Synonyms

  1. with many leaves

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

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