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πολύψηφος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολύψηφος πολύψηφον

Structure: πολυψηφ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = poluyh/fi_s

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Examples

  • οἱ μέν γε τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων βασιλεῖσ, τῶν ἄλλων ἑκάστου μίαν ψῆφον φερόντων, ἐκεῖνοι μόνοι ἑκάτεροσ αὐτῶν δύο ἔφερον, σὺ δὲ καὶ τὰσ τῶν ἐφόρων καὶ τὰσ τῶν γερόντων προσέτι, καὶ ὅλωσ ἁπάντων ὁ πολυψηφότατοσ ἐν παιδείᾳ σύ γε, καὶ μάλιστα ὅσῳ τὴν λευκὴν ἀεὶ καὶ σώζουσαν φέρεισ, ὃ καὶ θαρρεῖν με ἐν τῷ παρόντι ποιεῖ διά γε τὸ μέγεθοσ τοῦ τολμήματοσ καὶ πάνυ δικαίωσ ἂν φοβηθέντα. (Lucian, Harmonides 8:5)

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

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