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πολύσκαλμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολύσκαλμος πολύσκαλμον

Structure: πολυσκαλμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. many-oared

Examples

  • Θῆριν τὸν τριγέροντα, τὸν εὐάγρων ἀπὸ κύρτων ζῶντα, τὸν αἰθυίησ πλείονα νηξάμενον, ἰχθυσιληϊστῆρα, σαγηνέα, χηραμοδύτην, οὐχὶ πολυσκάλμου πλώτορα ναυτιλίησ, ἔμπησ οὔτ’ Ἀρκτοῦροσ ἀπώλεσεν, οὔτε καταιγὶσ ἤλασε τὰσ πολλὰσ τῶν ἐτέων δεκάδασ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 2951)

Synonyms

  1. many-oared

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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