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πρόχειλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πρόχειλος πρόχειλον

Structure: προχειλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. with prominent lips

Examples

  • καὶ πρόχειλόσ ἐστι καὶ λεπτὸσ ἄγαν τοῖν σκελοῖν, καὶ ἐφθέγγετο ἐπισεσυρμένον τι καὶ συνεχὲσ καὶ ἐπίτροχον, Ἑλληνιστὶ μέν, ἐσ τὸ πάτριον δὲ τῷ ψόφῳ καὶ τῷ τῆσ φωνῆσ τόνῳ, ἡ κόμη δὲ καὶ ἐσ τοὐπίσω ὁ πλόκαμοσ συνεσπειραμένοσ οὐκ ἐλεύθερον αὐτόν φησιν εἶναι. (Lucian, 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. with prominent lips

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

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