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πολύχειρ

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολύχειρ πολύχειρος

Sense

  1. with many hands, many handed
  2. with many men

Examples

  • κυάνεον δ’ ὄμμασι λεύσσων φονίου δέργμα δράκοντοσ, πολύχειρ καὶ πολυναύτασ, Σύριόν θ’ ἁρ́μα διώκων, ἐπάγει δουρικλύτοισ ἀν‐ δράσι τοξόδαμνον Ἄρη. (Aeschylus, Persians, choral, strophe 21)
  • ἥξει καὶ πολύπουσ καὶ πολύχειρ ἁ δεινοῖσ κρυπτομένα λόχοισ χαλκόπουσ Ἐρινύσ. (Sophocles, choral, antistrophe 11)

Synonyms

  1. with many hands

  2. with many men

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

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