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πολύρροθος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολύρροθος πολύρροθον

Structure: πολυρροθ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. much-roaring, of many voices

Examples

  • εἰ δ’ αὖθ’, ὃ μὴ γένοιτο, συμφορὰ τύχοι, Ἐτεοκλέησ ἂν εἷσ πολὺσ κατὰ πτόλιν ὑμνοῖθ’ ὑπ’ ἀστῶν φροιμίοισ πολυρρόθοισ οἰμώγμασίν θ’, ὧν Ζεὺσ ἀλεξητήριοσ ἐπώνυμοσ γένοιτο Καδμείων πόλει. (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, episode 1:3)

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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