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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

  • καὶ πλῆθοσ ἀνδραπόδων καὶ πολυθύρουσ αὐλὰσ περι βαλόμενοσ καὶ κλίνασ προσθέμενοσ πολυτελεῖσ καὶ τραπέζασ οἰέται ταῦτα φρονήσεωσ αὐτῷ μὴ παραγενομένησ εὐδαιμονίαν ἔσεσθαι καὶ βίον ἄλυπον καὶ μακάριον καὶ ἀμετάβλητον; (Plutarch, De fortuna, chapter, section 5 5:1)

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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